Modern Definition–adjective | 1. | of or pertaining to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life. |
| 2. | characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary; not antiquated or obsolete: modern viewpoints. |
| 3. | of or pertaining to the historical period following the Middle Ages: modern European history. |
| 4. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of contemporary styles of art, literature, music, etc., that reject traditionally accepted or sanctioned forms and emphasize individual experimentation and sensibility. |
| 5. | (initial capital letter ) new (def. 12). |
| 6. | Typography. noting or descriptive of a font of numerals in which the body aligns on the baseline, as 1234567890. Compare old style (def. 3). |
–noun | 7. | a person of modern times. |
| 8. | a person whose views and tastes are modern. |
| 9. | Printing. a type style differentiated from old style by heavy vertical strokes and straight serifs. |
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Contemporary Definition–adjective | 1. | existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz. |
| 2. | of about the same age or date: a Georgian table with a contemporary wig stand. |
| 3. | of the present time; modern: a lecture on the contemporary novel. |
–noun | 4. | a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others. |
| 5. | a person of the same age as another. |
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Furniture Definition–noun | 1. | the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. |
| 2. | fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. |
| 3. | equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins. |
| 4. | Also called bearer, dead metal. Printing. pieces of wood or metal, less than type high, set in and about pages of type to fill them out and hold the type in place in a chase. |
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