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Adjective: contemporary  kun'tempu`(re)ree
  1. Characteristic of the present
    "contemporary trends in design"
    - modern-day
     
  2. Belonging to the present time
    "contemporary leaders"
    - present-day
     
  3. Occurring in the same period of time
    "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
    - contemporaneous
Noun: contemporary  kun'tempu`(re)ree
  1. A person of nearly the same age as another
    - coeval

Derived forms: contemporaries

See also: current, modern, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous

Type of: compeer, equal, match, peer

Encyclopedia: Contemporary