contemporary

/kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹi//kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/

noun

  1. 1

    Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.

    “Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.”
  2. 2

    Something existing at the same time.

adjective

  1. 1

    From the same time period, coexistent in time.

  2. 2

    Modern, of the present age.

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