[kənˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)i], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- living or occurring at the same time
(e.g: the event was recorded by a contemporary historian)

- belonging to or occurring in the present
(e.g: the tension and complexities of our contemporary society)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin contemporarius, from con- ‘together with’ + tempus, tempor- ‘time’ (on the pattern of Latin contemporaneus and late Latin contemporalis)

[kənˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)i], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another
(e.g: he was a contemporary of Darwin)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin contemporarius, from con- ‘together with’ + tempus, tempor- ‘time’ (on the pattern of Latin contemporaneus and late Latin contemporalis)