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belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages;
"modern art"
"modern furniture"
"modern history"
"totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
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relating to a recently developed fashion or style;
"their offices are in a modern skyscraper"
"tables in modernistic designs"
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characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
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ahead of the times;
"the advanced teaching methods"
"had advanced views on the subject"
"a forward-looking corporation"
"is British industry innovative enough?"
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used of a living language; being the current stage in its development;
"Modern English"
"New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"