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| Matching Terms: | | moder, moderable, moderance, moderate, moderate breeze, moderate gale, moderated, moderately, moderateness, moderating, moderation, moderationist, moderatism, moderato, moderator, moderatorship, moderatress, moderatrix, modern ballet, modern dance, modern english, modern era, modern font, modern greek, modern hebrew, modern jazz, modern man, modern times, modern world, modern-day, moderne, modernisation, modernise, modernised, modernism, modernist, modernistic, modernity, modernization, modernize, modernized, modernizer, modernly, modernness
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- [n] a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
- [n] a contemporary person
- [adj] characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
- [adj] (linguistics) used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
- [adj] relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
- [adj] belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
- [adj] ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
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| | Synonyms: | | advanced, Bodoni, Bodoni font, contemporary, fashionable, forward-looking, innovative, late, mod, modern font, modern-day, Moderne, modernistic, neo, New, nonclassical, progressive, recent, stylish, ultramodern |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonmodern, old style, old style font |
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| | See Also: | | current, human, individual, mortal, person, proportional font, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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}.
\Mod"ern\, n.
A person of modern times; -- opposed to {ancient}. --Pope.
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