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Definition of Contemporary

1. Noun. A person of nearly the same age as another.

2. Adjective. Characteristic of the present. "The role of computers in modern-day medicine"

3. Adjective. Belonging to the present time. "Contemporary leaders"

4. Adjective. Occurring in the same period of time. "The composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"

Definition of Contemporary

1. a. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

2. n. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

Definition of Contemporary

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contemporary

contemplation contemplations contemplative contemplatively contemplativeness contemplatives contemplator contemplators contempo contemporaneity

contemporaneous contemporaneously contemporaneousness contemporaries contemporarily contemporary (current term) contemporary world contemporise contemporize contemporized

contemporizes contemporizing contempt contemptibility contemptible contemptibly contempts contemptuous contemptuously contempt of Congress

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