Meaning & Definition of Modern in English

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

1. Belonging to the modern era

• Since the middle ages

• "Modern art"

• "Modern furniture"

• "Modern history"

• "Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"

2. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style

• "Their offices are in a modern skyscraper"

• "Tables in modernistic designs"

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?"

5. Used of a living language

• Being the current stage in its development

• "Modern english"

• "New hebrew is israeli hebrew"