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单词 contemporary
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contemporaryadjective

uk/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/

contemporary adjective (EXISTING NOW)

B2 existing or happening now:

contemporary music/literature/art/fashion
Although the play was written hundreds of years ago, it still has a contemporary (= modern) feel to it.

More examples

  • These are radical changes which will alter the complexion of the British contemporary dance scene.
  • The contemporary dialogue for me struck a slightly discordant note.
  • She is widely regarded as the high priestess of contemporary dance.
  • She gave a series of lectures at Warwick University last year on contemporary British writers.
  • It is a tenet of contemporary psychology that an individual's mental health is supported by having good social networks.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Now

  • day
  • de nos jours
  • even
  • existing
  • here
  • hereupon
  • just
  • moment
  • nowadays
  • ongoing
  • present
  • present-day
  • prevailing
  • right
  • state
  • still
  • there's no time like the present idiom
  • this minute idiom
  • today
  • topical

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contemporary adjective (OF SAME PERIOD)

belonging to the same or a stated period in the past:

Almost all of the contemporary accounts of the event have been lost.
Most of the writers he was contemporary with were interested in the same subjects.

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Relating to time

  • anachronism
  • chronological
  • chronology
  • contemporaneous
  • cut
  • cut into sth
  • quality time
  • retroactive
  • retrospective
  • the fourth dimension
  • time
  • time
  • time limit
  • timeline
  • timing
  • twin

contemporarynoun [ C ]

uk/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/

someone living during the same period as someone else:

Was he a contemporary of Shakespeare's?

a person who is of the same age as you:

She didn't mix with her contemporaries, preferring the company of older people.

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Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries

  • a friend in need is a friend indeed idiom
  • acquaintance
  • acquainted
  • amigo
  • bedmate
  • companion
  • escort
  • friendless
  • gang
  • girl
  • girlfriend
  • housemate
  • intimate 1
  • neighbour
  • peer
  • pen pal
  • penfriend
  • playmate
  • posse
  • roommate

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