go-ahead vs modern

go-ahead

noun
  • Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed. 

adj
  • Progressive; exerting leadership. 

  • Being a score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game. 

  • Dashing; energetic. 

modern

noun
  • Someone who lives in modern times. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography. 

  • Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient. 

How often have the words go-ahead and modern occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )