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modern
adjective(mod-ern)relating to a recently developed fashion or style
Synonyms: mod, modernistic,
Examples:
Their offices are in a modern skyscraper.
Tables in modernistic designs.
Tables in modernistic designs.
modern
adjective(mod-ern)used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
Synonyms: new,
modern
noun(mod-ern)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,
Antonyms: old style,
modern
noun(mod-ern)a contemporary person
modern
adjective(mod-ern)belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
Antonyms: nonmodern,
Examples:
Modern art.
Modern furniture.
Modern history.
Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric.
Modern furniture.
Modern history.
Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric.
modern
adjective(mod-ern)characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture