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contemporaries

con·tem·po·rar·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuh n-tem-puh-rer-ee]
    • /kənˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i/
    • /kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh n-tem-puh-rer-ee]
    • /kənˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i/

Definitions of contemporaries word

  • adjective contemporaries existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz. 1
  • adjective contemporaries of about the same age or date: a Georgian table with a contemporary wig stand. 1
  • adjective contemporaries of the present time; modern: a lecture on the contemporary novel. 1
  • noun plural contemporaries a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others. 1
  • noun plural contemporaries a person of the same age as another. 1
  • noun contemporaries Plural form of contemporary. 1

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Origin of contemporaries

First appearance:

before 1625
One of the 42% oldest English words
1625-35; < Late Latin contempor- (see contemporize) + -ary

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Parts of speech for Contemporaries

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

contemporaries popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for contemporaries

noun contemporaries

  • breed — A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
  • crop — Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.
  • time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • span — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
  • rank — Otto [awt-oh] /ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1939, Austrian psychoanalyst.

Antonyms for contemporaries

noun contemporaries

  • destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.

Top questions with contemporaries

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