contemporary.
From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
Meaning & usage
From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).
Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)
Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.
The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.
Something existing at the same time.
Something existing at the same time. A rival newspaper or magazine.
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).
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