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IPA transcription: [kən'tɛmpɚ,ɛɹiz]

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Noun

  • all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

  • a person of nearly the same age as another

Usage examples

  • His verse, like that of his contemporaries, is largely satire and eulogy.
  • Smith's depiction of Dredd differed slightly from that of his contemporaries.
  • Colombo anatomized the live, active body whereas his contemporaries had anatomized the dead body.
  • His contemporaries included Brooke Foss Westcott and Edward White Benson.
  • Morosi had worked for Cairns' contemporaries, Al Grassby and Lionel Murphy.
  • Unlike his contemporaries, he embraced the change of lifestyle.
  • Hence he passed among his contemporaries for a skilful magician.
  • According to some contemporaries, this strategy would reveal as a disaster for the accused.
  • "Struwwelpeter" was not perceived as cruel or overly moral by Hoffmann's contemporaries.
  • Silius was considered highly educated by contemporaries.