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Meaning of contemporary

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

contemporary

Pronunciation:/kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹi//kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/

noun

Definitions

  1. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.

    Example: Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.

  2. Something existing at the same time.

adjective

Definitions

  1. From the same time period, coexistent in time.

  2. Modern, of the present age.