Modern generally means something that is "up-to-date", "trendy", "new", or from the present time.

Specifically, it can also refer to the following.

• "Modern age", a very loosely defined time period which generally commences at or some time after the Renaissance in Europe.
• Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century.
• Modern is also the name of the last album of the British punk rock band, The Buzzcocks.

See also

• 20th century classical music
• Modernist poetry
• Modernism
• Postmodernism