contemporary
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- adjective
- /kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛri/
- The museum showcases contemporary art from various modern artists.
- contemporary art
- contemporary society
- contemporary American
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Watch on YouTubeNow they may be parallels in contemporary violence as well.
- Now they may be parallels in contemporary violence as well.
- This was just a really cute contemporary young adult romance.
- And it's all with a sort of a more contemporary focus.
- What has been your experience of contemporary Colombian film?
- Next up is a contemporary drama, romance, maybe.
- This is a very Western, very contemporary example of it.
- But here it is in the domain of contemporary animal neuroscience.
- Many of these priestly directions still occur in some ways in contemporary religion anyway.
- I mean, how, you know, how does how does this play out in the contemporary drama?
Examples
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Cultural attunement also requires knowledge of how racial legacies shape contemporary experiences of race and identity.
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Latin American Civilization is a survey of both historical and contemporary issues related to Latin America.
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And it's all with a sort of a more contemporary focus.
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This is a very Western, very contemporary example of it.
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We have a whole story of more contemporary problems.
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The setting is contemporary and one of her male friends has sent flowers.
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The majority of music that people in contemporary society listen to is recorded.
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The journey to work becomes a phenomenon of contemporary society.
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Now, we're going to study four American contemporary writers of fiction.
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This was just a really cute contemporary young adult romance.
Synonyms
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1.0
Happening now at this time
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Relating to the present time and new ways of doing things
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Happening or existing now
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Happening in the time we live in
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Happening now, not in the past
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From modern or recent times
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Very new in design and using the latest ideas and technology
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Modern and from the present time
Antonyms
Compounds
How Contemporary
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word contemporary comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and tempor 'time'. So as an adjective contemporary describes things that exist 'with' the present time, meaning they are modern.