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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·tem·po·rary
ETYMOLOGY com- + Latin tempor-, tempus DATE 1631 1. happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time 2. a. simultaneous b. marked by characteristics of the present period : modern , current Synonyms. contemporary , contemporaneous , coeval , synchronous , simultaneous , coincident mean existing or occurring at the same time. contemporary is likely to apply to people and what relates to them Abraham Lincoln was contemporary with Charles Darwin contemporaneous is more often applied to events than to people contemporaneous accounts of the kidnapping coeval refers usually to periods, ages, eras, eons two stars thought to be coeval synchronous implies exact correspondence in time and especially in periodic intervals synchronous timepieces simultaneous implies correspondence in a moment of time the two shots were simultaneous coincident is applied to events and may be used in order to avoid implication of causal relationship the end of World War II was coincident with a great vintage year
noun (plural -rar·ies) DATE 1638 1. one that is contemporary with another 2. one of the same or nearly the same age as another English Etymology contemporary 1630s, from M.L. contemporarius, from L. con- "with" + temporarius "of time," from tempus "time" (see temper). Meaning "modern, characteristic of the present" is from 1866. Noun sense of "one who lives at the same time as another" is from 1630s, replacing native time-fellow (1570s). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ contemporary con·tem·por·ary / kEn5temprEri; NAmE -pEreri / adjective1. ~ (with sb / sth) belonging to the same time 属同时期的；同一时代的: We have no contemporary account of the battle (= written near the time that it happened). 我们没有当时人们对这一战役的记载。 He was contemporary with the dramatist Congreve. 他与剧作家康格里夫属于同一时代。 2. belonging to the present time SYN modern
当代的；现代的: life in contemporary Britain 当代英国的生活 contemporary fiction / music / dance 当代小说/音乐/舞蹈 noun(pl. -ies) a person who lives or lived at the same time as sb else, especially sb who is about the same age 同代人；同辈人；同龄人: She and I were contemporaries at college. 她和我在大学是同学。 He was a contemporary of Freud and may have known him. 他是弗洛伊德的同代人,可能认识弗洛伊德。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English contemporary adj. 1 belonging to the same time as sb/sth else VERBS be ADV. strictly She used only strictly contemporary documents to research the book. | almost, nearly | broadly, roughly a period broadly contemporary with the Shang dynasty PREP. with a composer contemporary with Beethoven 2 modern VERBS be ADV. very His work is very contemporary. OLT contemporary adj. ⇨ recent Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged con·tem·po·rary I. \kənˈtempəˌrerē, -ri\ adjective Etymology: com- + Latin temporarius of time, temporary — more at temporary 1. : happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same time, sometimes during the same year, decade, century, or period as something else mentioned < Dante had put some contemporary popes in Hell — M.R.Cohen > < Renaissance painting, which was contemporary with the great age of exploration — Lewis Mumford > and sometimes during the present < we are not without contemporary talent; but for works of genius we must still look to the past — Edith Wharton > < the avenging on the contemporary woman of resentments inculcated by an earlier woman — Philip Wylie > 2. a. : occurring at the same moment : simultaneous < contemporary turns of two wheels > b. : having existed through the same period : originating at the same time < contemporary rock strata > 3. : of or as though of the present period : marked by characteristics compatible with being of the present period; sometimes : advanced , modern , up-to-date : au courant < peculiarly contemporary in his anxiety, his longing for a faith — Alfred Kazin > Synonyms: contemporaneous , simultaneous , synchronous , coeval , coetaneous , coincident , concomitant , concurrent : contemporary , indicating, like the others, existence or incidence at the same time, is likely to be used in reference to years, decades, lifetimes, and similar time spans < Faraday's work on electricity coupled with Joseph Henry's exactly contemporary research on the electromagnet — Lewis Mumford > < contemporary with those intermediaries, or following hard upon them, were the great missionaries or converters — H.O.Taylor > There is little difference between contemporary and the less common contemporaneous < the A. F. of L. was closer to contemporaneous British labor organizations than to the American Knights of Labor — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager > simultaneous is likely to describe occurrence of two things at precisely the same minute or within the same limited period of time < the three men, deftly timing the roll, made a simultaneous leap aboard the schooner — Jack London > < control of the air involves the simultaneous use of two types of planes — first, the long-range heavy bomber; second, light bombers, dive bombers, torpedo planes — F.D.Roosevelt > synchronous may describe continuing action taking place over somewhat longer periods < French speech has run a similar and almost synchronous course with English — Havelock Ellis > coeval may be used in reference to periods, ages, eras, eons < if the meteorites represent fragments of the solar system, we may conclude that the system is coeval with the Earth — F.L.Whipple > coetaneous , a close synonym of coeval , may suggest origination at the same time < the Alleghenies and other coetaneous mountain chains > coincident refers to occurrences, events, incidents, developments taking place at the same time but may minimize ideas of causal relationship < the growth of the mine union movement was coincident with the growth of business and manufacturing — T.R.Hay > concomitant describes a development taking place at the same time but one of subordinate incidental character < a bite from any carnivorous animal is likely to lead to some measure of concomitant poisoning — Discovery > < concomitant with the creation of these new rhythms came … “the dance craze” — Oscar Hammerstein b1895 > concurrent may add to the idea of occurrence at the same time the notion of accord, agreement, fitness between the things involved < great cultural achievements have not been inevitably, or even generally, concurrent with great material power — Lyman Bryson > II. noun (-es) 1. : one that is contemporary with another < Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries > 2. : one of the same or nearly the same age as another 3. : a newspaper or periodical contemporary with another |
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