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Modern Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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?" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Modern: advanced \| Bodoni \| Bodoni font \| contemporary \| fashionable \| forward-looking \| innovative \| late \| mod \| modern font \| modern-day \| Moderne \| modernistic \| neo \| New \| nonclassical \| progressive \| recent \| stylish \| ultramodern Related Terms \| Find terms related to Modern: a la mode \| actual \| advanced \| all the rage \| all the thing \| arriviste \| as is \| avant-garde \| being \| brand-new \| bright young man \| chic \| coincident \| comer \| concomitant \| concurrent \| contemporaneous \| contemporary \| current \| existent \| existing \| extant \| far out \| fashionable \| fledgling \| forward-looking \| fresh \| hip \| hot \| immanent \| immediate \| in \| in fashion \| in style \| in vogue \| instant \| late \| latest \| latter \| mod \| modern generation \| modern man \| modernist \| modernistic \| modernized \| modernizer \| modish \| neologism \| neologist \| neology \| neonate \| neoteric \| neoterism \| neoterist \| new \| new generation \| new man \| newfangled \| newfashioned \| new-fashioned \| nouveau riche \| novel \| novus homo \| now \| parvenu \| popular \| present \| present-age \| present-day \| present-time \| prevailing \| prevalent \| progressive \| recent \| rising generation \| running \| smart \| streamlined \| stripling \| stylish \| that be \| that is \| topical \| trendy \| twentieth-century \| ultramodern \| ultra-ultra \| upstart \| up-to-date \| up-to-datish \| up-to-the-minute \| way out \| with it \| Young Turk See Also \| current \| human \| individual \| mortal \| person \| proportional font \| somebody \| someone \| soul Modern In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Modern Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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?"

Modern In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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