contemporary

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹəɹ.i/

Noun

dated

Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. / Something existing at the same time. / (dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.

Japanese Meaning

同時代に生きた人物、または同じ世代の人 / 同時期に存在するもの・事象 / （古い用法）競合の新聞または雑誌

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My contemporary wrote an essay that challenged the conventional wisdom.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私の同時代の人は、従来の常識に挑戦するエッセイを書いた。

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Sense（1）

Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.

Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.

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Sense（2）

Something existing at the same time.

Sense（3）

(dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.

Annexation therefore was inevitable; but (as I have said above) it was not necessarily of prime importance in our national policy, and there has been no need to exaggerate—as I fear many of our contemporaries have exaggerated— […]

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contemporaries

（ plural ）

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