English-Thai Dictionary

contemporary

ADJ ซึ่ง กำลัง มีชีวิต อยู่  sueng-kam-lang-me-chi-wid-yu

 

contemporary

ADJ ซึ่ง ที่ เกิดขึ้น พร้อมกัน  simultaneous coeval sueng-ti-koed-kuen-prom-kan

 

contemporary

ADJ ทันสมัย  ที่อยู่ ใน ปัจจุบัน  modern present tan-sa-mai

 

contemporary

N คน ร่วมสมัย  kon-ruam-sa-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTEMPORARY

a.[L., time. For the sake of easier pronunciation and a ore agreeable sound, this word is often changed to cotemporary. ] Coetaneous; living at the same time, applied to persons; being or existing at the same time, applied to things; as contemporary kings; contemporary events. [See Cotemporary, the preferable word. ]

 

CONTEMPORARY

n.One who lives at the same time with another. Socrates and Plato were contemporaries.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTEMPORARY

Con *tem "po *ra *ry, a. Etym: [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous. ]

 

1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype.

 

2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. Cowley.

 

CONTEMPORARY

Con *tem "po *ra *ry, n.; pl. Contemporaries.

 

Defn: One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contemporary

con tem po rar y |kənˈtempəˌrerē kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛri | ▶adjective 1 living or occurring at the same time: the event was recorded by a contemporary historian. • dating from the same time: this series of paintings is contemporary with other works in an early style. 2 belonging to or occurring in the present: the tension and complexities of our contemporary society. • following modern ideas or fashion in style or design: contemporary art. ▶noun ( pl. contemporaries ) a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another: he was a contemporary of Darwin. • a person of roughly the same age as another: my contemporaries at school. DERIVATIVES con tem po rar i ly |kənˌtempəˈre (ə )rəlē |adverb, con tem po rar i ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin contemporarius, from con- ‘together with ’ + tempus, tempor- ‘time ’ (on the pattern of Latin contemporaneus and late Latin contemporalis ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

contemporary

contemporary |kənˈtɛmp (ə )r (ər )i | ▶adjective 1 living or occurring at the same time: the event was recorded by a contemporary historian. • dating from the same time: this series of paintings is contemporary with other works in an early style. 2 belonging to or occurring in the present: the tension and complexities of our contemporary society. • following modern ideas in style or design: contemporary ceramics by leading potters. ▶noun ( pl. contemporaries ) a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another: he was a contemporary of Darwin. • a person of roughly the same age as another: my contemporaries at school. DERIVATIVES contemporarily adverb, contemporariness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin contemporarius, from con- ‘together with ’ + tempus, tempor- ‘time ’ (on the pattern of Latin contemporaneus and late Latin contemporalis ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

contemporary

contemporary adjective 1 contemporary sources: of the time, of the day, contemporaneous, concurrent, coeval, coexisting, coexistent. 2 contemporary society: modern, present-day, present, current, present-time. 3 a very contemporary design: modern, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, fashionable; modish, latest, recent; informal trendy, with it, du jour. ANTONYMS old-fashioned, out of date. ▶noun Chaucer's contemporaries: peer, fellow; formal compeer. WORD TOOLKIT See new . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

contemporary

contemporary adjective 1 contemporary writing says that the city's walls were formidable: contemporaneous, concurrent, coeval, synchronous, synchronic, of the time, of the day, simultaneous; coexisting, coexistent; rare coetaneous. 2 crime and violence in contemporary society: modern, present-day, present, current, present-time, immediate, extant; up to date, up to the minute, fashionable, latest, recent, ultra-modern, newfangled, modish, voguish, in vogue; French à la mode; informal bang up to date, with it. ANTONYMS old-fashioned, out of date. ▶noun the contemporaries of Chaucer: peer, fellow; rare compeer, coeval. WORD TOOLKIT contemporary See new . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contemporary

con tem po rar y /kəntémpərèri |-p (ə )r (ə )ri / (! 強勢は第2音節; ｟くだけて ｠では /-témpri /) 〖temporary (時 )をcon (共に )過ごすこと 〗形容詞 通例比較なし 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗現代の , 当代の (modern ) (!(1 )芸術や社会的事柄に関して用いる. (2 )｟くだけて ｠ではveryやmoreに修飾されることがある ) ▸ contemporary poems [music ]現代詩 [音楽 ]▸ a number of contemporary issues such as environmental problems 環境問題のような数多くの現代的な問題 2 〈人 物が 〉 «…と » 同時代の , 同時代に存在する ; 同年輩の «with » ▸ This writer was contemporary with Picasso and Renoir .この作家はピカソやルノアールと同時代の人物だった 名詞 複 -ies /-z /C 〖通例 -ies 〗 «…と » 同時代の人 ; 同年輩の人 «of » ▸ the French chemist Louis Pasteur and his contemporaries フランスの化学者ルイ パスツールと彼と同時代の化学者たち