Contemporary Time Life Latin Adjective Bre Kənˈtemprəri Kənˈtempəreri

• we have no contemporary account of the battle (= written near the time that it happened).
• he was contemporary with the dramatist congreve.
• life in contemporary britain
• contemporary fiction/music/dance

contemporary

1. belonging to the same time
• We have no contemporary account of the battle (= written near the time that it happened).
• He was contemporary with the dramatist Congreve.
2. belonging to the present time
• synonym modern
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• life in contemporary Britain
• contemporary fiction/music/dance

Extra Examples

• She used only strictly contemporary documents to research the book.
• a composer contemporary with Beethoven
• a period broadly contemporary with the Shang dynasty
• She is one of the great innovators of contemporary dance.
• The film paints a depressing picture of life in contemporary Britain.
• The prize is awarded for the best piece of contemporary fiction published in that year.
• modern/contemporary art/architecture/dance/fiction/literature/music/painting/culture/society/politics/history
• the modern/contemporary world/scene

Word Origin

• mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin contemporarius, from con- ‘together with’ + tempus, tempor- ‘time’ (on the pattern of Latin contemporaneus and late Latin contemporalis).