3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modern \Mod"ern\, n.
A person of modern times; -- opposed to {ancient}. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modern \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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
modern
adj 1: belonging to the present or to recent times; since the
Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern
history"; "totem poles are modern rather than
prehistoric" [ant: {nonmodern}]
2: relating to a recently developed fashion or style [syn: {mod},
{up-to-date}]
3: characteristic of present-day art and literature
4: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had
advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking
corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
[syn: {advanced}, {forward-looking}, {innovative}]
5: (linguistics) used of a living language; being the current
stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is
Israeli Hebrew" [syn: {Modern}, {New}]
n 1: a contemporary person
2: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Giambattista
Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs
and heavy downstrokes [syn: {modern font}, {Bodoni}, {Bodoni
font}] [ant: {old style}]
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