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   contemporary

   /kənˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)i/

   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 minutefashionablelatestrecentultra-modernnewfangledmodishvoguishin vogueà la modeinformal:bang up to datewith itOpposite old-fashionedout of date
   • ▪ following modern ideas in style or design: "contemporary ceramics by leading potters"

   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

   Scrabble Points: 21

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of contemporary in English - Cambridge Dictionary

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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.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCONTEMPORARY definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

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

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCONTEMPORARY definition | Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   existing or happening at the same time as something: Most contemporary accounts of the event have been destroyed. contemporary. noun [ C ] uk / kənˈtemp ə r ə ri, kənˈtempəri / us. Someone's contemporaries are the people who live at the same time as them: Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of contemporary – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge...

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

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of modern in English - Cambridge Dictionary

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   MODERN definition: 1. designed and made using the most recent ideas and methods: 2. of the present or recent times…. Learn more.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › contemporarySynonyms and antonyms of contemporary in English - Cambridge...

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   Something that is modern is based on or made using the most recent ideas, methods, etc.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › zhs › 词典CONTEMPORARY中文 (简体)翻译：剑桥词典 - Cambridge Dictionary

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   CONTEMPORARY翻译：存在于现在的, 当代的;现代的, 同时期的, 同时期的，同时代的, 同时代的人, 同龄人，同辈。 了解更多。

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDefinition of contemporary in Essential British English...

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   contemporary adjective uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / kənˈtempərəri/ existing or happening now: contemporary art

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryMODERN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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    MODERN meaning: 1. designed and made using the most recent ideas and methods: 2. of the present or recent times…. Learn more.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMODERN | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge...

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    MODERN definition: 1. relating to the present time and not to the past: 2. using the newest ideas, design…. Learn more.