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Contemporary

kənˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)i

Contemporary definitions
adjective
contemporary
  1. living or occurring at the same time

    "the event was recorded by a contemporary historian"

    • dating from the same time

      "this series of paintings is contemporary with other works in an early style"

  2. belonging to or occurring in the present

    "the tension and complexities of our contemporary society"

    modern present-day present current present-time immediate extant
    • following modern ideas in style or design

      "contemporary ceramics by leading potters"

noun
contemporaries contemporary
  1. a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another

    "he was a contemporary of Darwin"

    • a person of roughly the same age as another

      "my contemporaries at school"