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1. (noun) modern a contemporary person 2. (noun) 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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