单词 | contemporize |
释义 | contemporize[ kuhn-tem-puh-rahyz ] / kənˈtɛm pəˌraɪz / verb (used with object), con·tem·po·rized, con·tem·po·riz·ing.to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time. to give a modern or contemporary character or setting to; update: The new production of Romeo and Juliet contemporizes it as the love of two modern teenagers in a Chicago high school. verb (used without object), con·tem·po·rized, con·tem·po·riz·ing.to be contemporary. Also especially British, con·tem·po·rise . Origin of contemporize1640–50; <Late Latin contempor- (stem of contemporāre to be at the same time), equivalent to con-con- + tempor- (stem of tempus time) + -ize Words nearby contemporizecontemplative, contemplative order, contempo, contemporaneous, contemporary, contemporize, contempt, contemptible, contempt of Congress, contempt of court, contemptuous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for contemporizecontemporize contemporise/ (kənˈtɛmpəˌraɪz) / verbto be or make contemporary; synchronize Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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