English dictionary
modern
/'m/A/d/@/rn/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
ExamplesModern art.
Modern furniture.
Modern history.
Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric.
Antonyms nonmodernSource: WordNet 3.0
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Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, <i>modern</i> days, ages, or time; <i>modern</i> authors; <i>modern</i> fashions; <i>modern</i> taste; <i>modern</i> practice.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a contemporary person
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a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
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A person of modern times; -- opposed to <i>ancient</i>.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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relating to a recently developed fashion or style
ExamplesTheir offices are in a modern skyscraper.
Tables in modernistic designs.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
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ahead of the times
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used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
ExamplesModern English.
Synonyms newSource: WordNet 3.0