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}]