contemporary
/kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛri/
noun
- A person living at the same time as another.
- Einstein and many of his contemporaries were brilliant physicists.
- Our grandparents' contemporaries had very different life experiences.
- She was a contemporary of the famous poet and often exchanged letters with him.
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adjective
- Belonging to or occurring in the present time; modern.
- She prefers contemporary music over classical.
- Contemporary architecture often uses glass and steel.
- The museum has a large collection of contemporary art.
- Living or occurring at the same time.
- Fossils from contemporary periods are often found in the same rock layers.
- The two events were contemporary, though they happened in different countries.
- Shakespeare and Cervantes were contemporary writers.
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