old vs modern vs new vs young
Definitions
adjective
- of a very early stage in development
Examples
When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu.
My aunt is very old-fashioned.
She was all cold and bedraggled after falling into the river.
Definitions
adjective
- used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
Examples
Benecken characterized the entire hacking case as "ultramodern" and said that, in a way, it exemplified the "downside" of today's digital age "that can easily been taken advantage of by savvy youths with those skills and a lot of time.
This textbook provides a modern and accessible introduction to magnetohydrodynamics.
Modern scientific capability has profoundly altered the course of human life.
