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contemporary - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'contemporary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Contemporary [ a.]
- Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.
- Of the same age; coeval.
2 . Contemporary [ n.]
- One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

Meaning of 'contemporary' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . contemporary [ s]
Meaning (1):
- occurring in the same period of time
Example in sentence:
  • a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation;
  • the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
Meaning (2):
- belonging to the present time
Example in sentence:
  • contemporary leaders
Meaning (3):
- characteristic of the present
Example in sentence:
  • contemporary trends in design;
  • the role of computers in modern-day medicine