Contemporary Definition & Meaning

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Contemporary

Contemporary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Contemporary? [n] a person of nearly the same age as another [adj] belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [adj] characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine" [adj] occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Contemporary: coeval \| contemporaneous \| current \| modern \| modern-day \| present-day(a) \| synchronal \| synchronic \| synchronous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Contemporary: a la mode \| abreast \| accompanying \| actual \| advanced \| agreeing \| as is \| associated \| attendant \| attending \| au courant \| avant-garde \| being \| coetaneous \| coeternal \| coeval \| coexistent \| coexisting \| coincident \| coincidental \| coinstantaneous \| collateral \| concomitant \| concurrent \| connected \| contemporaneous \| conterminous \| coterminous \| current \| dead heat \| draw \| existent \| existing \| extant \| far out \| fashionable \| forward-looking \| fresh \| immanent \| immediate \| in \| instant \| isochronal \| isochronous \| latest \| linked \| mod \| modern \| modernistic \| modernized \| modish \| new \| newfangled \| newfashioned \| novel \| now \| parallel \| present \| present-age \| present-day \| present-time \| progressive \| red-hot \| related \| running \| simultaneous \| streamlined \| stylish \| synchronal \| synchronic \| synchronous \| that be \| that is \| tie \| topical \| trendy \| twentieth-century \| ultramodern \| ultra-ultra \| unison \| unisonous \| up \| up-to-date \| up-to-datish \| up-to-the-minute \| way out See Also \| compeer \| equal \| match \| peer Contemporary In Webster's Dictionary \Contem"porary\, a. [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See {Temporal}, and cf. {Contemporaneous}.] 1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. --Strype. 2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. --Cowley. \Contem"porary\, n.; pl. {Contemporaries}. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

Contemporary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contemporary?

[n] a person of nearly the same age as another
[adj] belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"
[adj] characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
[adj] occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"

See Also | compeer | equal | match | peer

Contemporary In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, a. [Pref. con- + L. temporarius
of belonging to time, tempus time. See {Temporal}, and cf.
{Contemporaneous}.]
1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in,
   or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

         This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the
         greatest monarchs of Europe.          --Strype.

2. Of the same age; coeval.

         A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old
         contemporary trees.                   --Cowley.


\Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, n.; pl. {Contemporaries}.
One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and
Chaucer were contemporaries.

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