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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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