/mɑˈdɚnz/ - [madernz] -
We found 3 definitions of moderns from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: moderns |
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modern - a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes | ||
modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font | ||
proportional font any font whose different characters have different widths | ||
modern - a contemporary person | ||
mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
Adjectivemodern, moderner, modernest |
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modern - belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric" | ||
nonmodern not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time | ||
current occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" | ||
late having died recently; "her late husband" | ||
new unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job" | ||
modernity, modernness, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village" | ||
modern-day, contemporary belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" | ||
neo (used as a combining form) recent or new; "`neo' is a combining form in words like `neocolonialism'" | ||
red-brick, redbrick of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century | ||
ultramodern extremely modern; "Dadism and ultramodern art" | ||
modern - used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" | ||
New | ||
late having died recently; "her late husband" | ||
linguistics the humanistic study of language and literature | ||
modern - characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture | ||
nonclassical not classical | ||
modern - relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs"; | ||
mod, modernistic | ||
stylish, fashionable having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd" | ||
modern - ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" | ||
advanced, forward-looking, innovative | ||
progressive advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis" |