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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOD'ERN, a. [L. modo, and ern, which we find in other Latin words that have reference to time, as in hodiernus, hesternus.]
1. Pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; recent; not ancient or remote in past time; as modern days, ages or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.
2. Common; mean; vulgar. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
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] n
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]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo just now, from modus measure — more at mete Date: 1585 1. a. of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past ; contemporary b. of, relating to, or characteristic of a period extending from a relevant remote past to the present time 2. involving recent techniques, methods, or ideas ; up-to-date 3. capitalized of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the present or most recent period of development of a language 4. of or relating to modernism ; modernist • modernity noun • modernly adverb • modernness noun II. noun Date: 1585 1. a. a person of modern times or views b. an adherent of modernism ; modernist 2. a style of printing type distinguished by regularity of shape, precise curves, straight hairline serifs, and heavy downstrokes

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of the present and recent times. 2 in current fashion; not antiquated. --n. (usu. in pl.) a person living in modern times. Phrases and idioms: modern English English from about 1500 onwards. modern history history from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day. Derivatives: modernity n. modernly adv. modernness n. Etymology: F moderne or LL modernus f. L modo just now

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Modern Mod"ern, n. A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient. --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Modern Mod"ern, a. [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Modern means relating to the present time, for example the present decade or present century. ...the problem of materialism in modern society. ...the risks facing every modern marriage... = contemporary ADJ: ADJ n 2. Something that is modern is new and involves the latest ideas or equipment. Modern technology has opened our eyes to many things... In many ways, it was a very modern school for its time... ADJ • modernity ...an office block that astonished the city with its modernity. N-UNCOUNT 3. People are sometimes described as modern when they have opinions or ways of behaviour that have not yet been accepted by most people in a society. She is very modern in outlook. = progressive ? traditional ADJ 4. Modern is used to describe styles of art, dance, music, and architecture that have developed in recent times, in contrast to classical styles. ...a modern dance company. ...the Museum of Modern Art. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Recent, late, new, novel, fresh, present.

Moby Thesaurus

Young Turk, a la mode, actual, advanced, all the rage, all the thing, arriviste, as is, avant-garde, being, brand-new, bright young man, chic, coincident, comer, concomitant, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, existent, existing, extant, far out, fashionable, fledgling, forward-looking, fresh, hip, hot, immanent, immediate, in, in fashion, in style, in vogue, instant, late, latest, latter, mod, modern generation, modern man, modernist, modernistic, modernized, modernizer, modish, neologism, neologist, neology, neonate, neoteric, neoterism, neoterist, new, new generation, new man, new-fashioned, newfangled, newfashioned, nouveau riche, novel, novus homo, now, parvenu, popular, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, prevailing, prevalent, progressive, recent, rising generation, running, smart, streamlined, stripling, stylish, that be, that is, topical, trendy, twentieth-century, ultra-ultra, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-datish, up-to-the-minute, upstart, way out, with it