2. (noun)modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font a typeface (based on an 18th centurydesign by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regularshape 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";
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 currentstage in its development "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"