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| 1. | [ adjective ] belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages | |
| Examples: | "modern art" "modern furniture" "modern history" "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric" |
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| Related terms: | nonmodern contemporary contemporary latest recent neo ultramodern modernized state-of-the-art Moderne modernistic red-brick new late current modernity | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] relating to a recently developed fashion or style | |
| Synonyms: | up-to-date modernistic mod | |
| Examples: | "their offices are in a modern skyscraper" "tables in modernistic designs"; |
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| Related terms: | fashionable | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture | |
| Related terms: | nonclassical | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] ahead of the times | |
| Synonyms: | advanced innovative forward-looking | |
| Examples: | "the advanced teaching methods" "had advanced views on the subject" "a forward-looking corporation" "is British industry innovative enough?" |
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| Related terms: | progressive | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a contemporary person | |
| Related terms: | person | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (linguistics) used of a living language; being the current stage in its development | |
| Synonyms: | New | |
| Examples: | "Modern English" "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" |
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| Related terms: | linguistics late | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (printing) a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes | |
| Synonyms: | Bodoni Bodoni_font modern_font | |
| Related terms: | old_style proportional_font | |
| Similar spelling: |
Moderne modernize modernity modernist modernism modernise |
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