English Dictionary
◊ CONTEMPORARY
contemporary
adj 1: characteristic of the present; "contemporary (or modern)
trends in design"
2: belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [syn:
{present-day(a)}]
3: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest
rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in
inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with
Mozart" [syn: {contemporaneous}]
n : a person of nearly the same age as another [syn: {coeval}]