a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes;
a contemporary person;
characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture;
used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew";
relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";;
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric";
ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?";
