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contemporary definition

con·tem·po·rary (kən tem′pə rer′ē)

adjective

  1. living or happening in the same period of time
  2. of about the same age
  3. of or in the style of the present or recent times; modern

Etymology: < L com-, with + temporarius, of time < tempus, time: see temper

noun pl. contemporaries -·rar′·ies

  1. a person living in the same period as another or others
  2. a person or thing of about the same age or date of origin as another

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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