contemporary
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.
of about the same age or date: a Georgian table with a contemporary wig stand.
of the present time; modern: a lecture on the contemporary novel.
a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others.
a person of the same age as another.
Origin of contemporary
1synonym study For contemporary
Other words for contemporary
Other words from contemporary
- con·tem·po·rar·i·ly, adverb
- con·tem·po·rar·i·ness, noun
- non·con·tem·po·rar·y, adjective, noun, plural non·con·tem·po·rar·ies.
- post·con·tem·po·rar·y, adjective
- ul·tra·con·tem·po·rar·y, adjective, noun, plural ul·tra·con·tem·po·rar·ies.
- un·con·tem·po·rar·y, adjective
Words that may be confused with contemporary
- contemporary , contemporaneous (see synonym study at the current entry)
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How to use contemporary in a sentence
These records provided a measure of contemporary harvesting pressure.
These plants seem like they’re trying to hide from people | Jonathan Lambert | November 20, 2020 | Science NewsIn explaining why contemporaries suspected he did, he lays some responsibility on the emperor himself.
Over the past decade, two approaches in particular have attracted the brightest minds in contemporary fundamental physics.
Scholars today know Greece better for provincializing it, placing its texts and iconography alongside those of contemporary Persia, India and China.
Noble virtues, bad history: How Greece and Rome influenced America’s founders | Charles King | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostWhen Davis compared Hsal from ancient salts to contemporary samples grown from salterns, they were similar if not indistinguishable.
Preserving a Sense of Wonder in DNA - Issue 92: Frontiers | Virat Markandeya | October 28, 2020 | Nautilus
Practically contemporarily with the use of the bordure came the use of the bend, then employed for the same purpose.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-DaviesHis arrival at the university occurred contemporarily with the great popular movements which concerned the parliamentary reform.
On the Seaboard | August Strindberg
British Dictionary definitions for contemporary
/ (kənˈtɛmprərɪ) /
belonging to the same age; living or occurring in the same period of time
existing or occurring at the present time
conforming to modern or current ideas in style, fashion, design, etc
having approximately the same age as one another
a person living at the same time or of approximately the same age as another
something that is contemporary
journalism a rival newspaper
Origin of contemporary
1usage For contemporary
Derived forms of contemporary
- contemporarily, adverb
- contemporariness, noun
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