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contemporary meaning in Sinhala

අද්‍යතන

UK/kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/US/kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/

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contemporary in Sinhala: අද්‍යතන, නූතන, සමකාලීනයා, සමකාලීන. In English, contemporary means from the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

Sinhala words for contemporary

අද්‍යතන, නූතන, සමකාලීනයා, සමකාලීන

English 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).
  4. noun Something existing at the same time.

Full definition of contemporary

contemporary in a sentence

  • Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.
  • The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.

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Questions about contemporary in Sinhala

What is the meaning of contemporary in Sinhala?
Contemporary in Sinhala is අද්‍යතන, නූතන, සමකාලීනයා, සමකාලීන.
contemporary යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Contemporary: අද්‍යතන, නූතන, සමකාලීනයා, සමකාලීන.
What does contemporary mean in English?
Contemporary means from the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

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Sinhala words from Sinhala Wiktionary: contemporary (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: contemporary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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