noun
a person of nearly the same age as another
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adjective
characteristic of the present
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modern-day
Examples
- contemporary trends in design
- the role of computers in modern-day medicine
adjective
belonging to the present time
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present-day(a)
Examples
- contemporary leaders
adjective
occurring in the same period of time
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Examples
- a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
- the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart