modern

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

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A modern skyscraper stands in the city center.