Mod vs Contemporary - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
(UK) a 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
(slang) A modification to an object, computer game, etc., typically for the purpose of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
(Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
(computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
* 1992 , "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn )
* 2003 , Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture (page 38)
(rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.
Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
(slang) To modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
To moderate; to punish a rule-breaking user on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
From the same time period, coexistent in time.
* Cowley
* Strype
Modern, of the present age.
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Relatively recent
Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
Something existing at the same time.
As an initialism mod
is (uk) (ministry of defence).As an adjective contemporary is
from the same time period, coexistent in time.As a noun contemporary is
someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.mod
English
(wikipedia mod)Synonyms
* (modulus) , modulusNoun
(en noun)- I'd like to convert some of the arch(SIC) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
- These mods , while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
Usage notes
In gaming, mods are created by end users whereas such content by the game creators would be labeled an expansion pack.Verb
(modd)- His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his .
- Don't break the rules or you'll be modded .
Synonyms
* trick, trick out * (to moderate)Derived terms
* moddable * modderAnagrams
* English 4chan slang ----contemporary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A grove born with himself he sees, / And loves his old contemporary trees.
- This king was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe.
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Synonyms
* contemporaneousAntonyms
* anachronistic: in the wrong time period * archaicNoun
(contemporaries)- ''Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.
- ''The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries .
