- belonging to the same time
- We have no contemporary account of the battle (= written near the time that it happened).
- contemporary with somebody/something He was contemporary with the dramatist Congreve.
- The amphitheatre is roughly contemporary with the Colosseum in Rome.
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyb2- She used only strictly contemporary documents to research the book.
- a composer contemporary with Beethoven
- a period broadly contemporary with the Shang dynasty
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- exactly
- nearly
- broadly
- …
- with
- belonging to the present time synonym modern
- contemporary society/culture
- contemporary art/music/dance
- contemporary architecture/literature/painting/politics/history
- He is among the best-known contemporary artists.
- The film paints a depressing picture of life in contemporary Britain.
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2- She is one of the great innovators of contemporary dance.
- The prize is awarded for the best piece of contemporary fiction published in that year.
- This approach has contributed to growing inequality almost everywhere in the contemporary world.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- decidedly
- thoroughly
- very
- …
- following modern ideas in style or design
- Try some contemporary colours on your kitchen walls.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin contemporarius, from con- ‘together with’ + tempus, tempor- ‘time’ (on the pattern of Latin contemporaneus and late Latin contemporalis).
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