Contemporary

Word CONTEMPORARY
Character 12
Hyphenation con tem po ra ry
Pronunciations /kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Contemporary"

What do we mean by contemporary?

Belonging to the same period of time. adjective

Of about the same age. adjective

Current; modern. adjective

One of the same time or age. noun

A person of the present age. noun

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.

One living at the same time (with another). noun

Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. adjective

Of the same age; coeval. adjective

One who lives at the same time with another. noun

A person of nearly the same age as another. noun

From the same time period, coexistent in time. adjective

Modern, of the present age. adjective

Someone living at the same 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. noun

Characteristic of the present adjective

Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.

Something existing at the same time.

‘It’s modern but not modern modern’ —Anix 2021 Urban Dictionary

"It's modern but not modern modern, that's what contemporary means." As said in youtube star Anix's recent video. Urban Dictionary

1. Belonging to the same period of time: 2. Of about the same age. 3. Current; modern: contemporary trends in design. 4. A person of the present age. Urban Dictionary

Contemporaries: 1. Belonging to the same period of time: a fact documented by two contemporary sources. 2. Of about the same age. 3. Current; modern: contemporary trends in design. n. pl. con·tem·po·rar·ies 1. One of the same time or age: Shelley and Keats were contemporaries. 2. A person of the present age. Urban Dictionary

"It's modern, but not modern modern." Urban Dictionary

Modern but not modern-modern Definition requested by YouTuber Anix Urban Dictionary

A current mode of speaking that may confuse others who are not familiar with the current events and trends in society. Urban Dictionary

Art that most people think it's either confusing or crap Urban Dictionary

Pop music and Soft rock music that is designed to relate to older people, like adults. The lyrics don't have teeny themes, dance beats and all that (unless if it's disco). The artists of the genre are usually older. AC music are usually very ballad in sounding, having the piano, guitars, bass, light drums and even orchestra at times. AC songs also tend to be relaxing/chill type of music that have slow beats with high level romantic and sentimental themes. AC music format doesn't include rock, techno, blues and many other genres, but it does include the more adult-oriented stuff from the R&B genre which uses real music - Boyz II Men and All 4 One (excluding Chris Brown, Usher, Justin Timberlake, etc - they're meant for teens and their music has urban rhythms). Even the 70's disco genre is considered AC (Gloria Gaynor, Weather Girls, YMCA, etc). Urban Dictionary

Someone who still believes in saving the planet but understands that it cant be done in the traditional ways. They believe in peace and love, but also in protecting themselves if the situation calls for it. They also shower and have a job. But they still smoke weed. And they believe in gun rights. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Contemporary

The word "contemporary" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (1851)

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 (2011)

In our not-so-distant past, the word "contemporary" simply meant, "occurring in the present." ❋ Nora Younkin (2011)

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 (2011)

This year, ABT invoked the word "contemporary" to describe the season's works, which included dances from 1979 to this year. ❋ Robert Greskovic (2011)

- 'Say Yes to No' is the name of a Minnesota based movement designed to save children from what they define as the contemporary US 'yes' culture of self indulgence. ❋ William Harryman (2007)

They were the kind of cutting edge of what we call contemporary Christian music because they were playing rock 'n roll and talking about their faith. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Dance Moms and their high school counterparts hijacked the word "contemporary" from its simple dictionary definition. ❋ Nora Younkin (2011)

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 (2011)

A [nice], contemporary [home]. ❋ Jekrmfkod (2021)

"It's [modern] but not modern modern, [that's what] contemporary means." [Anix] 2021 ❋ Pee Pee Poo Poop (2021)

[Dave] and [Jen] were [contemporaries]. ❋ Kevin (2004)

fuck xb0x get a ps4, fuck cable get netflix. free [edward snowden]. get aware. use [rt].com instead of [yahoo.com] Contemporaries ❋ Just A Person... 4now (2013)

"I kinda wanna [make it fit] with the contemporary style" - [Anix], [March 9th] 2021 ❋ KittenCass924 (2021)

[Anix]: These [contemporary] [seats] look so modern but not modern-modern ❋ Bored_ (2021)

"We [lurked out] in the streets for a few hours but then she told me to come over so I came through cause it's really nothing." "I have no idea what you said I am having a hard time [grasping] your [contemporary vernacular]." ❋ GENO (2013)

person 1: wow! [look at this] [artwork] person 2: you call that art? it's literally [a piece of shit] person 1: it's contemporary art ❋ Wagga123 (2013)

Adult Contemporary musicians include Celine Dion, Barry Manilow, Enrique Iglesias (early career, now he's a full blown teeny-bopper musician), Johnny Mathis, Toni Braxton, Josh Groban, Anastacia, Michael Jackson (some of his work), Christina Aguilera, [Andy Williams], [Dusty Springfield], Marc Anthony, Tom Jones, Julio Iglesias, Lionel Richie, Cher, [Shirley Bassey], Michael Buble, Whitney Houston and Bruno Mars. ❋ Five Synonyms (2011)

"Who are those freaks protesting the Feroe Island in [Denmark's] annual slaughter of [Calderon] dolphins that are [on the list] of extinction that we so carelessly pay little attention too through new and initiative ways?" "Its those damn contemporary hippies." ❋ Solarisrenideo (2012)

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