/
kənˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)i/
adj.
- living, occurring, or originating at the same time.
- belonging to or occurring in the present.
▸modern in style or design.
n.
(pl. contemporaries)
a person or thing existing at the same time as another.
▸a person of roughly the same age as another.
Derivative
- contemporarily adv.
- contemporariness n.
Etymology
C17: from med. L. contemporarius, from con- ‘together with’ + tempus, tempor- ‘time’ (on the pattern of L. contemporaneus and late L. contemporalis).
