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`W ebster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition
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`Copyright© 1988 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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`Webster's New World dictionary of American English/ Victoria
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`E. Neufeldt, editor-in-chief. - 3rd college ed.
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`1.English language-Dictionaries. 2. Americanisms­
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`I.Neufeldt, Victoria E.
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`scale.
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`8 full-sized replica,
`of a structure 0
`r apparatus used
`I usu�llrial or experimental
`purposes
`� ir"ct•0 • < MOD(ERN)
`J fa/$0 M-] any of the
`£<•' '/G"d) 17h I mid-I 960s noted for their emphasis Young People in
`871 ing 1 lo cause lo . mod / modificatio
`from convent" stylish dress
`�I 00 ,n I e bol of their alienation
`restrain 2 become moderate· k I
`v1:,s 8 •Y;_1 of or characteri�lic of the mods 0,'�hal •ociety _:
`crate 2 lo Lu !>reside over (a meeLo�;':l e) •8li extreme, violent, et
`r relating to anythmg up-Lo-date fasl . e styles I hey
`neas n. serve as n moderator -m�d':; ;;''· 1 lo become mo
`v�! 1 fofso(
`' llonable, stylish,
`8 Y adv. -mod'er-ar
`",it ,«l 2 o :es
`SYN.-mOderat
`stnying ·u · 8 nnd temperate 8, f:
`i,•0 ,sP· cJoL1 moderate 2 Musrc mode rato J mode
`rewionohlt• l1mitR, hu� 'inlt>�,'n�jhiu:igeabl<: m denotm1
`unpl1e14 ,:�,;t
`,r<·0J,bf€V: (miid'a kril'ik) adj. l mod(i/ied) acrylic J" .
`1,:c,Ui der, y on of�nce ,,r ex,N,e ,c < u1cnm111ot1on, moder,
`cornbust· desrgnalong or
`� a,crYI ,c us synthetic fibers that resist
`xtremdes. while tomperate a,
`ANT. ex����Le IK"lf restrnint /mrx/r,:1�'<'
`111':"",;., • of "8"�mers composed primarily of acrylonitt/"· ma�c from
`moder t b ve, extreme
`mon •. o l<'mf>'•rat1> reply/
`carpets etc I e modified by
`�,.ch''" pO rs· used in making fabrics,
`a e reeze n wi d h
`Bf:AUvon,-SCAr.E " w ose •peed;. 13 to 18 miles per hour: .
`.. � r p01Yll)0 idj. t ML modalis < L modus MOOP f 1
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`1, 1 (mild 1) 111� 2 Gram of or expressing m� [; of or indicat-
`moderate gale O wind h
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`BEAu�·oR! SCA!.>: w ose speed rs 32 to 38 miles per hour:
`g to compositions or in� mf><!al �ux­
`"·• • "'odt) ':Jazz of or relatin
`""' n/ 3 ° arrangement of modes rather than a se prov1sat1ons
`mod-erja-t1on (miid'ar
`n'shon) n 1
`bolunds 2 avoidance of excesse· a moderating,
`Ji� on an b) in popular music, of or characterized breili of cho,:d
`or bringing
`wit
`ca mness -in moderation s or extremes
`3 absence
`� ,ons t\\'O chords as a harmonic
`base 4 Lo ic Y e r_epetr­
`of violer
`ate de(lreei without excess
`mo_d·e{ra-to (miid'a rii'to m��-t�i
`� of o�:.::{ by modality 5 Music of or comp0Jd ;°xpressrng or
`·, adv. I It l Musical
`1h'racttrl hurch modes 6 Philos. of mode, or form � any of the
`with moderation in tempo
`Direct
`�,do<'al c 1 Statistics having to do with a statistical 0P'<lsed to
`mod,erja,tor
`(miid'ar nt'or)
`n f ME mod
`hat modera�s· spec'f ratour < L moderator
`person or thing t
`mo e -n.
`,ui,st•�c�DAL AUXILIAl
`l� :-mod'ar.Jy ad!(,
`town meeting debate bi ' ., a a person who presides
`/j,ofll·s�,ciJiar)' an aux,lrary verb that !S used with another verb to
`body as of ti�sePreib�c: b)d�c presiding
`officer ,
`governing
`lflOI!'' irs mood, as can,_could, m_ay, m1gh_t, must, shall, should ·u
`graphite or heary water, used lo slo::d�w ��ct. c) a substance
`jr,d,C•'e /d· it has no special form rn the third person singuJ ':f' ,
`n ig energy neutron
`a nuclear
`"would" in/' �n �o
`reactor
`,nd u.-OU ·past participle
`/the modol auxiliary
`mod-ern_ (miid'arn)
`rca s l e
`� nl �re mood in "We would go if we could"]
`adj. ( Fr moderne
`< LL modernus < L m
`now,. ong. abl.
`of modus: see MODE J 1 of the present or rec,,�:
`;J,jur.��· (mo dal'a �e) n., pl. -/lies ( t.:f L moda/itas
`styles methods ·'
`J 1 the r.
`specif.,
`a) of or having to
`at.tribute, em hasis act,
`do with the
`latest
`IJIO,da \ quality of be.mg_ "?odal 2 a _special
`up-to-date
`b) desig!'ati_ng or of certain
`thmgs, groups etc 3PLo . • etc
`,ult, 0 rks certain 111d1v1duals,
`contemporary tr���·
`h ·
`• ·. g1c t e
`sch?<>ls
`of a_rt, musrc, literature,
`·••t ma .
`dance. etc. 2 of or relating
`· · h · d ·
`1.1
`at rn rcates t�at what rs affirmed or
`""'i;r,cation '!' a p;1oposit)Oll t
`penod of history after the Middle Ages, from c. A.O. 1450 I.I
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`Z:ieo is possible, ,mpossrble, necessary, contingent, etc. 4 Med a)
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`present
`day 3 [often M-J designating
`the form of a language;
`., employmen� of, or the method of e"?�loyment of, a lherape�tic
`":'ost recent stage of d�velopment
`-:n. 1 a person Jiving
`in m,
`••' 1 b) 8 s�ific sensory channel1 as v1s1011
`or hearing
`lm�es. 2 a person havmg modem rdeas,
`beliefs, standards
`, e
`:,!J� (m6d) n. ( ME moede < L moaus, measure,
`manner, mode < IE
`Prmtmg_ a st�le of
`typeface
`characterized
`by heavy down st
`base •med-, � measure: see MEDICAL J 1 a manner or way of acting,
`contrasl
`mg with narrow cross strokes
`-SYN. NEW -mod'
`doing, or being; met!tod or form � l Fr < L modus J customary
`adv. -mod'em-ness n.
`usage. or current fashro_n. or style,
`as 111 manne_rs or dress 3 Geo/. the
`*modern dance a form of dance as a performing
`an var
`of an �naltered
`acrual mineral composi�ron
`igneous rock 4 Gram.
`developed
`in the 20th cent. by Isadora
`Duncan, Ruth
`'st. J
`)IO()o' (sense J) _5 Logic (!) modahty ?r the form of a proposition
`Martha Graham, etc., and
`characterized
`by bodily
`movement
`.,th reference to 1!-5 modality b� MOOD (sense 2) 6 Metaphysics the
`rhythms less
`formalized than in classical
`ballet
`and less firmly I
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`of somethmg, as d1sWnct from its substance
`form, or way of be,�g,
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`to predetermined musical form
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`on and arrangem�nt of f.?nes and semitone
`Modern English the English
`!Jus,i: a) the selecti
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`language
`since about
`the mi,
`esp. any of such arrangements 111 m�d,eval
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`church music b) 8
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`cent.: cf. EARLY MODERN ENGLISH
`Modern Greek the Greek Janguaie
`rbytlunical system of the 13th cent. c) either of the two forms of
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`as spoken and written
`in (
`ita]e arrangement in later music (MAJOR MODE and MINOR MODE) 8
`since about 1500
`Stalistics the value, number, etc. that occurs most frequently
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`Modern Hebrew Hebrew as spoken and written in post-B
`in a
`-SYN. FASHION
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`times; esp., the language of modem Israel
`gn·en series
`model (mad")) n. r Fr modele < It mode/lo, dim. of modo < L modus,
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`m_od-ern-ism (miid'arn iz'am) n. 1 a) modern practices, 1
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`rdeas, etc., or sympathy with any of these b) an instance of
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`of a_n �xisting prec. J 1 a) a small copy or imitation o. bject, as� ,hip,
`y representat
`ion of
`building, etc., made to scale b) a prelmunar
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`modern idiom, practice, or usage 2 foften M·J any of several
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`ments variously attempting to redefine Biblical and Christi
`from which the final, usually
`larger;
`as the plan
`serving
`something,
`I) d) a hypothetical
`object is to be coostl1,lcted c) ARCHETYPE (sense
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`and traditional teachings in the light of modem science, hi.!
`as of an atom e) a generalized, hypotheti­
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`research, etc.: condemned in the Roman Catholic Church in J
`or stylized representation,
`an analogy, used in analyzing
`or
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`a negation of faith 3 the general trend in the methods, styl,
`ion, often based on
`al descript
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`philosophy of modern artists and writers involving a break v.
`in wax or clay from
`n a piece of sculpture
`something
`rrplaining
`of the past and a search for new modes of expres
`traditions
`etc. is lo be made 2 a
`marble,
`work in bronze,
`.-hich a finished
`mod'em·ist n., adj.
`lo be imitated
`as a standard of excellence
`person or thing considered
`adj. 1 of or characteristic
`of n
`(miid'am is'tik)
`mod·ern·is·tic
`specif., any of a series of different styles
`or
`3 a style or design;
`2 modem: used esp.'to designate cer
`tain c
`ism or modernists
`model, a heavy-duty
`/a two-door
`product
`dtsians of a particular
`in a d
`sometimes
`etc.,
`porary trends and schools
`of art, music,
`or
`poses for a!' artist
`MO/k� a 1969 model} 4 a) a person who_
`Lory sense -SYN. NEW -mod'em-is'ti-cagy adv.
`servmg as a subJect for _an
`ph�tographer b ) any person or thing
`mo·der-nijty (ma d11r'na te, ma·) n. 1 the state or quality <
`clothe� by wearmg
`ffllSl or writer c) a pe.rson employed to display
`pl. -flies something
`modern
`modern 2
`or standard
`as a model, paUern,
`lhem; mannequin -adj. 1 serving
`-iz'ing I Fr moderniser
`J
`lz') vt. -lzed',
`(miid'arn
`mod-ern-ize
`of others of the
`of eicellence fa model student/ 2 rep1esentative
`etc. - vi. •
`methods,
`design,
`in style,
`modern· bring up to·date
`-el-ing
`or
`laJlle kind, style, etc. fa model home/ - vt. -eled or -elled!
`or mod',
`ways; become modem -mod'em;i·za'tion
`modern'
`ng 1 a) to make a modef of b) to pjan, form, or design after a
`-ti-li
`[to mod_el
`tno</el c) to make conform to a standard of excellence
`Latin that has come into use since abo
`M�dern Latin the
`: s behavior on that of one's elders/ 2 to shape or fo,:m m or as m
`literature
`chiefly in scientific
`suit, etc.) by wearmg 4 Draw­
`Y, w�. etc. 3 to display
`< L m_odestus, keepmg d,
`(a dress,
`adj. ( Fr modeste
`mod-est (miid'ist)
`nal im�ge of on a flat
`or showmg a r
`� Pamtmg, etc. to create a three-dimensio
`ure modest < modus: see MODE J 1 haVlllg
`achievements, etc.;
`shading, etc. - vt. 1 to make a
`ace through the use of color,
`no
`abilities,
`of one's own value,
`opi�ion
`� el ?r models /to model in clay}· �2 to serve as a MS)DEl. (sense 4)
`2 not forw_ard; shy �r reserved
`["'f"1e.
`boastful; unassuming
`way that_ ,s cc
`sr/d er.er or mod'el-ler
`etc. m a
`, speaking,
`dressing
`ior/ 3 behaving,
`made to be copied or, more gener
`O! reasonable,
`not
`ally ;model refers to a representation
`decent 4 moderate
`ro er or decorous;
`of excellence,
`m appearance.
`•orth 8? Pl'rson or thing to be followed
`or imitated because
`s
`fa J:iodest request/ 5 quiet and humble
`or t_hot
`•ltich' etc., example suggests that which is presented
`as a sample.
`/a modest home/ -SYN. CHASTE,
`SHY' -IT
`not pretentious
`whether good or bod; a pattern rs a
`Diode) sets a Precedent for imitation
`paradig� is com'!'o� i:iow
`•nly i� �rde, plan, .etc. to be strict.ly followed;
`said to be with ref
`modest:
`M��des-to (ma des'to) I Sp, lit.,
`COllJUgaL
`!Onj
`of a dec)ensron or
`�odest refusal to have the place
`named a
`V\'iJigal) r�mmatrco) sense of 811 example
`Wm. C. Ralston's
`�o the on�nd
`Jlaitern �1 � rnnectional forms of a word: archetype applies
`·ty in central Cahf.: pop. 106,000 .
`same kmd; 51'!n 8(
`d · ! h
`rtftts to rvrng as the model for all later thin1,-s of the
`n. ( Fr modest1e < I:-mo eslui t e
`CJ d·es/t (miid'is te)
`on m
`J\ldi:ing q�mcthing established for use as a rule or a basis of comparis
`mo f�in modest;
`!g or hum le bf
`a) unassum11
`specif.,
`lllo dem ( 1ty, etc. .
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`c) decency
`ia��e if exce7i&es or pretensions;
`moderation
`1dtvice mll'dem'; also, -dam) n. (MO(OU!..ATOR) + OEM(O_DU!..ATOR)
`lflep000:hat converts data to a form that can be tran�mi.tted, !�i��
`ModGr Modern Greek
`ilt,�nve� ;i0 date-processing equipment where a s1m1lar d
`M dHeb Modern Hebrew
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`mgdi-cum (miid'i kam) n. (LME < �. neuL of mod,cus,
`bit
`odus: see MODE] a small amount;
`oma-
`in Emilia-R
`Ctla'.� (mOd"n a, m1)d'-· -ii') commune in N Italy,
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`m;dHi-ca·tion (miid'a fi kA'sha!ll _n. (MFr_< L mixj.1/1ca
`180 ooo .
`lllode'·v,,,
`modificare: see MODll'Y J a modifymg or bemg modified;
`1 r-ar (J,'
`'"'lldcra�u (}r adj, & n., mlid'ar it; for u., -1'!1') adj. l ME mo re;;�t ;
`d
`g01 h6rn. l�k. tOt>I; ,o
`""KJ11,, '· Pfl. or m0</erare lo keep within bounds, rest
`lite ciir; ten, ave; is, Ice;
`at, 3 ior unstressed
`UOlfl'ls, as a 111,. ago, u_ m focus;
`i,'1tem·p:� MOl)P, J 1 within re�sonnble limits; avoidiflg CX�CS�irei�
`[i�"n)· chin· she· zh as m azure (azh'ar); thm, the; O as
`2 m ild; c11lm; genl c; no I vi:ro >C
`r"'1Jf1,,a,� empcrato or rcslrninrd
`from; ::, di
`< -derived
`s: .. - unattested;
`�· rte ?allier/ 3 of averpge or medium qunlity, omoun jl()fi�g
`,: l'(r;wlogie
`front an
`See inside
`*• Americanism
`rnti, �i:nodrrat� s.killR, moderate pricl'�] ,-: n· 11 p�r���1od, -at'­
`W• or oprn1ons, ns in polil lea or rehwon -v: •
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