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MODERN ENGLISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Modern English mean?
• MODERN ENGLISH (noun)
The noun MODERN ENGLISH has 1 sense:
1. English since about 1450
Familiarity information: MODERN ENGLISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
English since about 1450
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Modern English" is a kind of...):
English; English language (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)
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