English · Word Candidate

contemporary

/kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: contemporaries

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Từ cùng thời kỳ, đồng tồn tại về thời gian

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Adjective

Examples

A neighb'ring Wood born with himself he sees, / And loves his old contemporary trees.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đương đại, thuộc thời hiện tại

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Adjective

Examples

We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Thuộc cùng thời kỳ với ai hoặc thứ gì đó

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Noun

Examples

Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 4

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Something existing at the same time.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tồn tại trong cùng thời điểm

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Noun

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “contemporary” mean?

From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

Is “contemporary” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.