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contemporary
Adjective
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If something is contemporary it is related to this time (now). Technically, this is an incorrect usage; better is to use "modern", "now" or "present-day".
The artist has a great knowledge of the sources of historical and contemporary art.
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If mathx/math is contemporary with mathy/math, they happened at about the same time.
They are sources that are contemporary or near contemporary with the period being studied.
contemporary
Noun
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Somebody's contemporary is a person who lived at or near the same time.
This is what made Marx so different from his socialist contemporaries.
arts
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noun
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
the college of arts and sciences
center
Noun
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The center of something, is the place that is as far from its outside as possible.
The president and his problems continue to take center stage in the news.
She placed a flowers at the center of the table and then hurried off.
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A center is a building, area, or group of people with a particular purpose.
They have opened a large shopping center in Taipei.
The team was staying at the US Olympic training center.
Recently, Bahrain has become a major international banking center.
Scientists at the Center for Disease Control have found a new virus.
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The town center is the place in the town where most of the shops are.
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In politics, the center is the position that is not politically right or left.
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In sports, a center is a player who plays in the middle of the field, usually an attacker.
center
Verb
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If you center something, you move it towards the center.