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contemporary in American English · 1. existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time. Newton's discovery of the calculus was ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'contemporary'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× contemporary (kəntempərəri ,US-pəreri ) Wordforms:pluralcontemporaries 1. adjective[usuallyADJECTIVEnoun] Contemporarythingsaremodernandrelatetothepresenttime. Theywantedtraditionalmusic;hefeltmorecontemporarymusicwouldaidoutreach. Perhapsheshouldhaveamoreupdatedlook,amorecontemporarystyle. Onlythenamesareancient;thecharactersaremodernandcontemporary. 2. adjective[usuallyADJECTIVEnoun] Contemporarypeopleorthingswerealiveorhappenedatthesametimeassomethingelseyouaretalkingabout. ...drawinguponofficialrecordsandthereportsofcontemporarywitnesses. Synonyms:coexisting,concurrent,contemporaneous,synchronous MoreSynonymsofcontemporary 3. countablenoun[usuallyplural] Someone'scontemporaryisapersonwhoisorwasaliveatthesametimeasthem. Likemostofmycontemporaries,Igrewupinavastlydifferentworld. ...aglossaryofmusicaltermsfoundinShakespeareandhiscontemporaries. Synonyms:peer,fellow,equal,compeer MoreSynonymsofcontemporary MoreSynonymsofcontemporary COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof contemporary Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'contemporary' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'contemporary' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'communityspirit' HindiTranslationof'contemporary' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency contemporaryinBritishEnglish (kənˈtɛmprərɪ ) adjective1. belongingtothesameage;livingoroccurringinthesameperiodoftime 2. existingoroccurringatthepresenttime 3. conformingtomodernorcurrentideasinstyle,fashion,design,etc 4. havingapproximatelythesameageasoneanother nounWordforms:plural-raries5. apersonlivingatthesametimeorofapproximatelythesameageasanother 6. somethingthatiscontemporary 7. journalism arivalnewspaper ▶ USAGESincecontemporarycanmeaneitherofthesameperiodorofthepresentperiod,itisbesttoavoid thiswordwhereambiguitymightarise,asinaproductionofOthelloincontemporarydress.ModerndressorElizabethandressshouldbeusedinthisexampletoavoidambiguityCollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformscontemporarily(conˈtemporarily)adverb contemporariness(conˈtemporariness)noun WordoriginC17:fromMedievalLatincontemporārius,fromLatincom-together+temporāriusrelatingtotime,fromtempustime WordFrequency contemporaryinAmericanEnglish (kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛri ) adjective1.  livingorhappeninginthesameperiodoftime 2.  ofaboutthesameage 3.  oforinthestyleofthepresentorrecenttimes;modern seealsomodern nounWordforms:pluralconˈtempoˌraries4.  apersonlivinginthesameperiodasanotherorothers 5.  apersonorthingofaboutthesameageordateoforiginasanother SYNONYMYNOTE:contemporary,contemporaneousbothmeanexistingorhappeningatthesameperiodoftime,,contemporary(oftenappliedtothepresent)referringmoreoftentopersonsortheirworks,and ,contemporaneous,toevents;,coevalimpliesextensionoverthesameperiodoftimewhenaremotetimeorverylongduration isinvolved;,synchronousimpliesexactcorrespondenceintimeofoccurrenceorrateofmovement;,simultaneousimpliesoccurrenceatthesamebriefintervaloftimeWebster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Wordorigin

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