Meaning

3 senses
  1. Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)

    Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.

    The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.

  2. Something existing at the same time.

    Zeitgenosse, Zeitgenossin

    совреме́нникsovreménnik, совреме́нницаsovreménnica

    сучасникsučasnyk, сучасницяsučasnycja

  3. Something existing at the same time.

    (dated)A rival newspaper or magazine.

More definitions
  • a person of nearly the same age as another

Examples

68 sentences
  1. What contemporary authors do you like?

    ruКакие современные авторы вам нравятся?

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  2. I must admit I don't like contemporary music much.

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  3. He studies contemporary literature.

    ruОн изучает современную литературу.

    deEr studiert zeitgenössische Literatur.

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  4. The professor is familiar with contemporary literature.

    Професор знайомий із сучасною літературою.

    deDer Professor ist mit der Gegenwartsliteratur vertraut.

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  5. Biologists view the chupacabras as a contemporary legend.

    Біологи вважають чупакабру сучасною легендою.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
someone living at the same time:
Русский
By meaning 1
someone living at the same time:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
someone living at the same time:

Origin

From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an a

From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).

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Forms

plural: contemporaries
Singularcontemporary
Pluralcontemporaries

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person of nearly the same age as another:coeval

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
contemporary — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto