Contemporary

noun

/kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹi/

Word Frequency: 42.5

Definitions

1.nounSomeone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.

"Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare."

2.nounSomething existing at the same time.

3.adjectiveFrom the same time period, coexistent in time.

4.adjectiveModern, of the present age.

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