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Definition of Contemporary

Contemporary
Contemporary Con*tem"po*ra*ry, a. [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.] 1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. --Strype. 2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. --Cowley.
Contemporary
Contemporary Con*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl. Contemporaries. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

Meaning of Contemporary from wikipedia

- Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from about 1945 to the present...
- Contemporary literature is literature which is generally set after World War II and coincident with contemporary history.[citation needed] Subgenres of...
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- Contemporary art Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary...
- Contemporary Physics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing introductory articles on important recent developments in physics. Editorial screening...
- Contemporary archaeology is a field of archaeological research that focuses on the most recent (20th and 21st century) past, and also increasingly explores...
- Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a po****r music genre, originating from African-American musicians in the 1980s that combines rhythm and blues with...
- Contemporary Western is a subgenre of the Western genre that includes contemporary settings and uses Old West themes, archetypes, and motifs, such as a...
- The contemporary sagas (known in Icelandic as samtíðarsögur) are: Bishops' saga Sturlunga saga This set index article includes a list of related items...
- recorded between 1955 and 2010 found that, compared to 1960s pop music, contemporary pop music uses a smaller variety of pitch progressions, greater average...