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Plural of contemporary

regular plural

The plural of contemporary is contemporaries.

Forms of contemporary

Singularcontemporary /kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/
Pluralcontemporaries
Countablecountable

Contemporaries in a sentence

  • The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.
  • The Romans' martiality was much greater than that of its contemporaries.From the entry martiality
  • One day, the fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly looked around at his contemporaries, and noticed something curious.2021 June 25, Richard Fisher, “Generational amnesia: The memory loss that harms the planet”, in BBC News. From the entry shifting baseline syndrome
  • She grew up missing a few elders, too—and contemporaries, for that matter.2020, N[ora] K[eita] Jemisin, “The Interdimensional Art Critic Dr. White”, in The City We Became (Great Cities; 1), London: Orbit, →ISBN. From the entry capisce
  • The meshpokhedikeyt was apparently a trade mark of the Bund for contemporaries, too.2016, Dieter Gosewinkel, Dieter Rucht, Gertrud Pickhan, chapter 5, in Transnational Struggles for Recognition: New Perspectives on Civil…. From the entry khavershaft

Meaning of contemporary

  1. adjective From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
  2. adjective Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
  3. noun Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else).

Full definition of contemporary

Questions about the plural of contemporary

What is the plural of contemporary?
The plural of contemporary is contemporaries.
Is contemporary countable?
Contemporary is a countable noun.

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