Contemporary

  • 11contemporary — I adjective co existent, latest, modern, new, present day, up to date, up to the minute II index concomitant, concurrent (at the same time), contemporaneous …

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  • 12contemporary — (adj.) 1630s, from M.L. contemporarius, from L. com with (see COM (Cf. com )) + temporarius of time, from tempus time (see TEMPER (Cf. temper)). Meaning modern, characteristic of the present is from 1866. Noun sense of one who lives at the same… …

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  • 13contemporary — ► ADJECTIVE 1) living, occurring, or originating at the same time. 2) belonging to or occurring in the present. 3) modern in style or design. ► NOUN (pl. contemporaries) 1) a person or thing existing at the same time as another. 2) a person …

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  • 14contemporary — 01. Leonardo DiCaprio starred in a [contemporary] version of Romeo and Juliet. 02. The art gallery is showing an excellent exhibit of paintings by [contemporary] artists. 03. Much of the [contemporary] music I hear nowadays just sounds like noise …

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  • 15Contemporary R&B — For parent genre, see rhythm and blues. Contemporary R B Stylistic origins Funk – Soul – pop – hip hop – R B Cultural origins Early 1980s North America; New York City, Los Angeles, Montreal, Atlanta …

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  • 16contemporary — [[t]kənte̱mpərəri, AM pəreri[/t]] ♦♦♦ contemporaries 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time. She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston... Perhaps he should have a more… …

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  • 17contemporary — I UK [kənˈtemp(ə)r(ə)rɪ] / US [kənˈtempəˌrerɪ] adjective *** 1) modern, or relating to the present time contemporary art/music/literature/dance contemporary urban society 2) alive or existing at the same time as a particular event or person… …

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  • 18contemporary — contemporarily, adv. contemporariness, n. /keuhn tem peuh rer ee/, adj., n., pl. contemporaries. adj. 1. existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton s discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of …

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  • 19contemporary — This word means existing, living, or occurring at the same time. It is not a synonym for either present day or modern unless no other question of time is involved and the inference is contemporary with now. If the time frame of reference is that… …

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  • 20contemporary — con|tem|po|ra|ry1 W2 [kənˈtempərəri, pəri US pəreri] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: contemporarius, from Latin com ( COM ) + tempus time ] 1.) belonging to the present time = ↑modern contemporary music/art/dance etc ▪ an… …

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