Other Word Forms of Contemporary
Noun
Singular:
contemporary
Plural:
contemporaries
Origin of Contemporary
-
Recorded since 1631, from Medieval Latin contemporarius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporarius (“of time”), from tempus (“time”)
From Wiktionary
Medieval Latin contemporārius Latin com- com- Latin tempus tempor- time Latin -ārius -ary
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Contemporary Sentence Examples
Contemporary artists were selected.
There was a reading of contemporary poetry.
Do they sell contemporary art?
Contemporary of his own contemporaries, his images of the poor were insulting.
Res Judicatae in 1892 and various other volumes followed, for he was in request among publishers and editors, and his easy charm of style and acute grasp of interesting detail gave him a front place among contemporary men of letters.
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