contemp.

abbreviation

1. contemporary.

Example Sentences

I’m really happy just self-publishing my New Adult/Contemp novels and have heard so many horror stories about big publishing houses, but honestly it’s not fair for me to form an opinion considering I’m like a blind fish in the giant ocean of publishing.

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Contem′plant, Contemp′latist; Contemplā′tion, continued study of a particular subject: a meditation written, or a subject for such.—adj. and n.

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They are proud because they can walk on the ground and don't have to fly, so they got a hearty contemp for things that fly, like them insecks which they used for house lights.

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"Ye canna, my dear Murdoch," said the soft wife, "look upon a tame husband, wha submits to the rule o' a wife, wi' mair contemp and ill favour than I do upon the virago wha presumes to reverse the order o' nature, and wrest the authority frae the lord o' the creation."

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I consider her beneath my contemp'!

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