contemporary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Belonging to the present time; modern.

   She is one of the most influential figures in contemporary art.

2. 2
   adj

   Living or happening in the same period of time as someone or something else.

   Dickens was contemporary with the rise of the railways.

3. 3
   noun

   A person living or active in the same period as another.

   Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.

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Simplified etymology

Contemporary, recorded from the mid-17th century, ultimately derives from Latin tempus, tempor- “time.” Its underlying sense is “of a time with,” referring to someone or something existing during the same period as another.

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

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