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modern

mod·ern [ móddərn ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. belonging to present day: relating or belonging to the present period in history

2. of latest kind: of the latest, most advanced kind, or using the most advanced equipment and techniques available
modern medicine

3. using latest styles: relating to or using ideas and techniques that have only recently been developed or are still considered experimental

4. linguistics of language's latest stage: relating to or belonging to the most recent stage in the development of a language



noun  (plural mod·erns)
Definition:
 
1. modern person: somebody living in the present period, especially somebody whose tastes and attitudes are regarded as nontraditional or strikingly new

2. printing typeface: a typeface with heavy vertical strokes and straight serifs

[Early 16th century. Directly or via French moderne< Latin modernus< modo "just now, in a (certain) manner" < modus "measure"]

mod·ern·ly adverb
mod·ern·ness noun

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