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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Modern \Mod"ern\, adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Modern \Mod"ern\, noun A person of modern times; -- opposed to {ancient}. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: belonging to the modern era; 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; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs"; [syn: {mod}, {modern}, {modernistic}]
3: characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
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}, {modern}]
5: used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" [syn: {Modern}, {New}]
noun
1: a contemporary person
2: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes [syn: {modern}, {modern font}, {Bodoni}, {Bodoni font}] [ant: {old style}, {old style font}]
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