Definitions for contemporary

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contemporary con·tem·po·rar·y

Spelling: [kuh n-tem-puh-rer-ee]

IPA: /kənˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i/

Contemporary is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 1278 anagrams from letters in contemporary (acemnooprrty).

Definitions for contemporary

noun

1. a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others.
2. a person of the same age as another.

adjective

1. existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time:
2. of about the same age or date:
3. of the present time; modern:

Origin of contemporary

1625-35; Late Latin contempor- (see contemporize) + -ary

Examples for contemporary

But contemporary classical music has changed, and the field is now spawning many appealing and genre-bending works.

We do not care for their “ideals” expounded in contemporary histories and eulogies.

According to contemporary reports, at several of the truces, there were rough soccer matches between the German and British sides.

The period is contemporary with the peruke––the period is the peruke of style.

Paris as depicted by contemporary photography appears… lackluster.

Some contemporary police have military backgrounds to fall back on.

This statement is abundantly confirmed by contemporary facts.

The italics are ours: the satisfaction appears to be our contemporary's.

That goes for its contemporary membership roster as well as for the photographers represented in the exhibition.

Note 18: Mr. Robinson was educated at Harrow, and was a contemporary of Mr. Sheridan.