Contemporary definition
Contemporary trends in design.
An example of contemporary are the works of Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
An example of contemporary is furniture in the modern style.
Shelley and Keats were contemporaries.
A fact documented by two contemporary sources.
An example of contemporary is Fitzgerald to Hemingway.
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Noun
Origin of contemporary
- Medieval Latin contemporārius Latin com- com- Latin tempus tempor- time Latin -ārius -ary
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Recorded since 1631, from Medieval Latin contemporarius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporarius (“of time”), from tempus (“time”)
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