contemporary
/k ntemprri/ • adjective 1 living, occurring, or originating at the same time. 2 belonging to or occurring in the present. 3 modern in style or design. • noun (pl. contemporaries) 1 a person or thing existing at the same time as another. 2 a person of roughly the same age as another. — ORIGIN Latin contemporarius, from tempus ‘time’.
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