1. имя существительное 1) современник Например: John Aubrey was a contemporary of Milton. — Джон Обри был современником Мильтона. 2) сверстник, ровесник Например: Even Alice and Kate must not look upon him quite as though he were a contemporary. (L. B. Walford, Troublesome Daughters, 1880) — Даже Элис и Кейт не должны на него смотреть как на своего сверстника. Синоним(ы): coeval 3) периодическое издание, выходящее одновременно с каким-либо другим Например: We quote from our contemporary "The Vatican" the following remarkable statement. — Мы приводим следующее замечательное высказывание из издающегося одновременно с нами "Ватикана". 2. прилагательное 1) одного возраста; одной эпохи; живущие или существующие в одно время Например: John Milton was born on 9th December 1608, thus being exactly contemporary with Lord Clarendon. — Джон Мильтон родился 9 декабря 1608 года и, таким образом, был современником и ровесником лорда Кларендона. 2) одновременный, синхронный, совместный Синоним(ы): simultaneous, synchronous, contemporaneous 3) новый, современный; модернистский, ультрасовременный Например: A frock was at once old-fashioned and tremendously contemporary. — Платье было одновременно старомодным и очень современным. The contemporary avant-garde composers all concur in the principle of the triad. — Всех современных авангардистских композиторов роднит принцип триады. Синоним(ы): present-day, up-to-date, modern
I. adjective Etymology: com- + Latin tempor-, tempus 1. happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time 2. a. simultaneous b. marked by characteristics of the present period; modern, current • contemporarily adverb Synonyms: contemporary, contemporaneous, coeval, synchronous, simultaneous, coincident mean existing or occurring at the same time. contemporary is likely to apply to people and what relates to them Example: Abraham Lincoln was contemporary with Charles Darwin. contemporaneous is more often applied to events than to people Example: contemporaneous accounts of the kidnapping. coeval refers usually to periods, ages, eras, eons Example: two stars thought to be coeval. synchronous implies exact correspondence in time and especially in periodic intervals Example: synchronous timepieces. simultaneous implies correspondence in a moment of time Example: the two shots were simultaneous. coincident is applied to events and may be used in order to avoid implication of causal relationship Example: the end of World War II was coincident with a great vintage year. II. noun (plural -raries) 1. one that is contemporary with another 2. one of the same or nearly the same age as another