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English adjective: modern | |||
| 1. | modern belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages | ||
| Samples | Modern art. Modern furniture. Modern history. Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric. | ||
| Similar | contemporary, modern-day, moderne, neo, red-brick, redbrick, ultramodern | ||
| See also | current, late, new | ||
| Attribute | contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism, modernity, modernness | ||
| Antonyms | nonmodern | ||
| 2. | modern relating to a recently developed fashion or style | ||
| Samples | Their offices are in a modern skyscraper. Tables in modernistic designs. | ||
| Synonyms | mod, modernistic | ||
| Similar | fashionable, stylish | ||
| Antonyms | unfashionable, unstylish | ||
| 3. | modern characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture | ||
| Similar | nonclassical | ||
| Antonyms | classical, classic | ||
| 4. | modern ahead of the times | ||
| Samples | The advanced teaching methods. Had advanced views on the subject. A forward-looking corporation. Is British industry innovative enough?. | ||
| Synonyms | advanced, forward-looking, innovative | ||
| Similar | progressive | ||
| Antonyms | regressive | ||
| 5. | Modern used of a living language; being the current stage in its development | ||
| Samples | Modern English. New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew. | ||
| Synonyms | New | ||
| Similar | late | ||
| Domain category | linguistics | ||
| Antonyms | middle, early | ||
English noun: modern | |||
| 1. | modern (person) a contemporary person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| 2. | modern (communication) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | proportional font | ||
| Antonyms | old style, old style font | ||
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