adj. & n.
--adj.
1. of the present and recent times.
2 in current fashion; not antiquated.
--n. (usu. in pl.) a person living in modern times.
Phrases and idioms:
modern English English from about 1500 onwards. modern history history from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day.
Derivatives:
modernity n. modernly adv. modernness n.
Etymology: F moderne or LL modernus f. L modo just now