Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Belonging to the same period of time.
- adjective Of about the same age.
- adjective Current; modern.
- noun One of the same time or age.
- noun A person of the present age.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporaneous: said of persons, things, or events.
- Specifically Living or existing at the same time with one's self.
- Of the same age; coeval.
- noun One living at the same time (with another).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.
- adjective Of the same age; coeval.
- noun One who lives at the same time with another.
- noun a person of nearly the same age as another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective From the same
time period ,coexistent in time. - adjective
Modern , of thepresent age. - noun Someone
living at thesame time . - noun Any
creature living at the same time. - noun Something
existing at the same time. - noun Someone of roughly the same age as another.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characteristic of the present
- noun a person of nearly the same age as another
- adjective occurring in the same period of time
- adjective belonging to the present time
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The term contemporary formation is here taken in the sense attached to it by geologists, in speaking of beds of quartz in clay-slate, granular limestone in mica-slate or feldspar in gneiss.
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The term contemporary formation is here taken in the sense attached to it by geologists, in speaking of beds of quartz in clay-slate, granular limestone in mica-slate or feldspar in gneiss.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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In the world of competitive dance conventions and, more recently, shows like So You Think You Can Dance, the word "contemporary" has morphed from a simple descriptor to its own quite specific and potentially limiting dance form.
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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In the world of competitive dance conventions and, more recently, shows like So You Think You Can Dance, the word "contemporary" has morphed from a simple descriptor to its own quite specific and potentially limiting dance form.
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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In the world of competitive dance conventions and, more recently, shows like So You Think You Can Dance, the word "contemporary" has morphed from a simple descriptor to its own quite specific and potentially limiting dance form.
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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I don't necessarily know how or why, but somewhere along the line the competitive dance scene think the little girls from Lifetime's Dance Moms and their high school counterparts hijacked the word "contemporary" from its simple dictionary definition.
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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In our not-so-distant past, the word "contemporary" simply meant, "occurring in the present."
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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In our not-so-distant past, the word "contemporary" simply meant, "occurring in the present."
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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This year, ABT invoked the word "contemporary" to describe the season's works, which included dances from 1979 to this year.
ABT's City Center Season Worked Best With Ballet Robert Greskovic 2011
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In our not-so-distant past, the word "contemporary" simply meant, "occurring in the present."
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
reesetee commented on the word contemporary
When referring to rare/antique books, this term means just the opposite of what you might assume it means. A contemporary binding, plate, or other book part means that it is of the period when the book was published; likewise, a contemporary signature or inscription was made the year of publication or thereabouts.
February 22, 2007
jeen0809 commented on the word contemporary
Contemporary architecture makes very good use of space.
March 30, 2007