adj.
1.belonging to the modern era
2.relating to a recently developed fashion or style
3.characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
4.ahead of the times
5.used of a living language modern n.
1.a contemporary person
2.a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
Idiom of the Day
force (someone's) hand
to make someone do something sooner than planned
I forced the manager's hand and made him tell me about his plans for our company.