contemporary
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4.2
- adjective
- /kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛri/
:
contemporáneo
- The museum showcases contemporary art from various modern artists.
- contemporary art
- contemporary society
- contemporary American
Now 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.
Academic text (2011) -
Latin American Civilization is a survey of both historical and contemporary issues related to Latin America.
Academic text (2011) -
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.
Academic text (2015) -
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
∞
1.0
Happening now at this time
∞
1.4
Relating to the present time and new ways of doing things
849
1.0
Happening or existing now
89
3.0
Happening in the time we live in
46
3.2
Happening now, not in the past
8
5.1
From modern or recent times
2
5.7
Very new in design and using the latest ideas and technology
Modern and from the present time
Antonyms
Compounds
How Contemporary
49
5.6
93
3.1
219
4.2
∞
1.0
∞
1.4
149
4.7
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.