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   Con·tem·po·rar·y

   /kənˈtempəˌrerē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. living or occurring at the same time: "the event was recorded by a contemporary historian"
   • ▪ dating from the same time: "this series of paintings is contemporary with other works in an early style" Similar contemporaneousconcurrentcoevalsynchronoussynchronicof the timeof the daysimultaneouscoexistingcoexistentrare:coetaneous
   • 2. belonging to or occurring in the present: "the tension and complexities of our contemporary society" Similar modernpresent-daypresentcurrentpresent-timeimmediateextantup to dateup to the minutefashionablelatestrecentultramodernnewfangledmodishvoguishin vogueà la modeinformal:bang up to datewith itOpposite old-fashionedout of date
   • ▪ following modern ideas or fashion in style or design: "contemporary art"

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another: "he was a contemporary of Darwin"
   • ▪ a person of roughly the same age as another: "my contemporaries at school"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from medieval Latin contemporarius, from con- ‘together with’ + tempus, tempor- ‘time’ (on the pattern of Latin contemporaneus and late Latin contemporalis).

   Derivatives

   • 1. contemporarily adverb
   • 2. contemporariness noun

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   The meaning of CONTEMPORARY is marked by characteristics of the present period : modern, current. How to use contemporary in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Contemporary.

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   CONTEMPORARY definition: 1. existing or happening now, and therefore seeming modern: 2. belonging to the same period, or to…. Learn more.

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   Contemporaries are people and things from the same time period. Contemporary can also describe things happening now or recently. It's common to speak of contemporary music or contemporary furniture, for example. Those things are new, not old.

5. www.thefreedictionary.com › CONTEMPORARYContemporary - definition of contemporary by The Free Dictionary

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   1. belonging to the same age; living or occurring in the same period of time. 2. existing or occurring at the present time. 3. conforming to modern or current ideas in style, fashion, design, etc. 4. having approximately the same age as one another. n, pl -raries.

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   CONTEMPORARY meaning: 1. of the present time: 2. existing or happening at the same time as something: 3. Someone's…. Learn more.

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   conforming to modern or current ideas in style, fashion, design, etc having approximately the same age as one another “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCONTEMPORARY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   contemporary in British English. (kənˈtɛmprərɪ ) adjective. 1. belonging to the same age; living or occurring in the same period of time. 2. existing or occurring at the present time. 3. conforming to modern or current ideas in style, fashion, design, etc.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordAll content related to 'contemporary' - Collins Online Dictionary

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   1. Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time. [...] 2. Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about. [...] 3. Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them. [...]

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    Definition of contemporary adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    CONTEMPORARY meaning: 1 : happening or beginning now or in recent times; 2 : existing or happening in the same time period from the same time period.