contemporary

con·tem·po·rar·y

Use contemporary in a sentence

A contemporary home.

adjective

The definition of contemporary is existing at the same time or of the present time period.
1. An example of contemporary are the works of Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
2. An example of contemporary is furniture in the modern style.

noun

A contemporary is defined as a person living around the same time.
An example of contemporary is Fitzgerald to Hemingway.

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contemporary

living or happening in the same period of time
of about the same age
[oftenC-] of or in the style of the present or recent times; modern

Origin of contemporary

from Classical Latin com-, with + temporarius, of time from tempus, time: see temper

noun

pl. -·rar·ies

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

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contemporary

adjective

Belonging to the same period of time: a fact documented by two contemporary sources.
Of about the same age.
Current; modern: contemporary trends in design.

noun

pl. con·tem·po·rar·ies

One of the same time or age: Shelley and Keats were contemporaries.
A person of the present age.

Origin of contemporary

Medieval Latin contemporārius Latin com- com- Latin tempus tempor- time Latin -ārius -ary

Related Forms:

con·tem′po·rar′i·ly
adverb

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contemporary

contemporary contemporaneous simultaneous synchronous concurrent coincident concomitant

These adjectives mean existing or occurring at the same time. Contemporary is used more often of persons, contemporaneous of events and facts: The composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart. A rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation. Simultaneous more narrowly specifies occurrence of events at the same time: The activists organized simultaneous demonstrations in many major cities. Synchronous refers to correspondence of events in time over a short period: The dancers executed a series of synchronous movements. Concurrent implies parallelism in character or length of time: The mass murderer was given three concurrent life sentences. Coincident applies to events occurring at the same time without implying a relationship: “The resistance to the Pope's authority . . . is pretty nearly coincident with the rise of the Ottomans” (John Henry Newman). Concomitant refers to coincidence in time of events so clearly related that one seems attendant on the other: He is an adherent of Freud's theories and had a concomitant belief in the efficacy of psychoanalysis.

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Adjective

(comparative more contemporary, superlative most contemporary)

From the same time period, coexistent in time.
Modern, of the present age.
Relatively recent

Noun

(plural contemporaries)

Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.
The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.
Something existing at the same time.

Origin

Recorded since 1631, from Medieval Latin contemporarius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporarius (“of time”), from tempus (“time”)

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