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.
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- 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.
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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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