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1. (adj.) modern
of or pertaining to present and recent time.
2. modern
characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary.
3. modern
of or pertaining to the historical period following the Middle Ages.
4. modern
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of contemporary styles of art, literature, music, etc., that reject traditionally accepted or sanctioned forms and emphasize individual experimentation and sensibility.
5. modern
(cap.)
6. (n.) modern
a person of modern times.
7. modern
a person whose views and tastes are modern.
8. modern
Print. a type style differentiated from old style by heavy vertical strokes and straight serifs.
Etymology: (1490–1500; < MF moderne < LL modernus= L mod(ō) lately, just now (der. of modusmode1) +-ernus adj. suffix of time)
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1. (noun) modern
a contemporary person
2. (adj) modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font
a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
3. (adj) modern
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
"modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
4. (adj) mod, modern, modernistic
relating to a recently developed fashion or style
"their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
5. (adj) modern
characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
6. (adj) advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern
ahead of the times
"the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
7. (adj) Modern, New
used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
"Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
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1. (adjective) modern
current or of the present
modern times
2. modern
using recent methods, technology, ideas etc.
modern machinery; modern teaching methods
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1. (adj) Modern
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
2. (adj) Modern
new and common; trite; commonplace
3. (noun) Modern
a person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient
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Sense: belonging to the present or to recent times; not old or ancient
modern furniture/clothes.
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 Afrikaans: modern |
 Arabic: عَصْري |
 Bulgarian: съвременен |
 Brazilian: moderno |
 Czech: moderní |
 German: modern |
 Danish: moderne |
 Greek: σύγχρονος, μοντέρνος |
 Spanish: moderno |
 Estonian: moodne |
 Farsi: نو |
 Finnish: moderni |
 French: moderne |
 Hebrew: מוֹדֶרנִי |
 Hindi: आधुनिक |
 Croatian: moderan |
 Hungarian: modern |
 Indonesian: modern |
 Icelandic: nútíma- |
 Italian: moderno |
 Japanese: 現代の |
 Korean: 현대의 |
 Lithuanian: modernus,šiuolaikiškas, d |
 Latvian: moderns, mūsdienu- |
 Malay: moden |
 Dutch: modern |
 Norwegian: moderne, nyere |
 Polish: współczesny, nowoczesny |
 Persian: نو |
 Pashto: موډرن،نوى |
 Portuguese: moderno |
 Romanian: modern |
 Russian: современный |
 Slovak: moderný |
 Slovenian: moderen |
 Serbian: savremen |
 Swedish: modern |
 Thai: สมัยใหม่ |
 Turkish: modern |
 Taiwanese: 現代的 |
 Ukrainian: сучасний |
 Urdu: جدید |
 Vietnamese: hiện đại |
 Chinese: 现代的 |
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