현대

hyeondae · [현대]

present era · contemporary world · modern times

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. present era; contemporary worldToday's era
  2. modern timesThe period from the time when its idea is considered to be the same as today's to the present, as divided by historical studies.

Written Forms

현대Hangul
現代Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

Since these words are tools for communication in modern society, everyone naturally knows them.

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These days, many people look for modern designs to wear for weddings or holidays.

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Because these speech styles differ from standard modern Korean, they might feel a little unfamiliar at first.

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Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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