• 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?"

'Modern' in other languages