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IPA transcription: [kən'tɛmpɚ,ɛɹiz]
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Noun
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all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
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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.