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List of meaning for contemporary

quite recent

contemporary, coeval(adj)

a person of nearly the same age as another

contemporary, modern-day(adj)

characteristic of the present

"contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"

contemporary, present-day(a)(adj)

belonging to the present time

"contemporary leaders"

contemporaneous, contemporary(adj)

occurring in the same period of time

"a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"

existing or occurring at the same period of time

the absurd notion that early cave dwellers were contemporary with the dinosaurs

being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles

a magazine devoted to contemporary fashions

a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were exact contemporaries, actually being born on the same day in 1809

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