Definitions for: Modern


[n] a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
[n] a contemporary person
[adj] characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
[adj] (linguistics) used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
[adj] relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
[adj] belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
[adj] ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"



Webster (1913) Definition: Mod"ern, a. [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just
now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just
now. See Mode.]
1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long
past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent
period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors;
modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. --Bacon.

2. New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.]

We have our philosophical persons, to make modern
and familiar, things supernatural and causeless.
--Shak.

Modern English. See the Note under English.


Mod"ern, n.
A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient. --Pope.

Synonyms: advanced, Bodoni, Bodoni font, contemporary, fashionable, forward-looking, innovative, late, mod, modern font, modern-day, Moderne, modernistic, neo, New, nonclassical, progressive, recent, stylish, ultramodern

Antonyms: nonmodern, old style, old style font

See Also: current, human, individual, mortal, person, proportional font, somebody, someone, soul

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