Modern - Definition

adj 1: belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages;
"modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history";
"totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric" [ant:
nonmodern]
2: relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their
offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic
designs"; [syn: mod, modern, modernistic]
3: characteristic of present-day art and music and literature
and architecture
4: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had
advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking
corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" [syn:
advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern]
5: used of a living language; being the current stage in its
development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
[syn: Modern, New]
n 1: a contemporary person
2: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista
Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs
and heavy downstrokes [syn: modern, modern font,
Bodoni, Bodoni font] [ant: old style, old style font]