contemporary
adjective (EXISTING NOW) /kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/
/-pə.rer-/ Definition
B2 existing or happening now: contemporary music/literature/art/fashion Although the play was written hundreds of years ago, it still has a contemporary (= modern) feel to it.Now
(Definition of contemporary adjective (EXISTING NOW) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- day noun
- even adverb (SURPRISE)
- existing adjective
- here adverb
- hereupon adverb
- immediate adjective
- just adverb (NOW)
- now adverb (AT PRESENT)
- nowadays adverb
- ongoing adjective
- present adjective (NOW)
- present noun (NOW)
- present-day adjective
- prevailing adjective
- right adverb (EXACTLY)
- there's no time like the present idiom
- this minute idiom
- time noun (PERIOD)
- today adverb, noun
- topical adjective (HAPPENING NOW)
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