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contemporary meaning in Urdu

معاصر mu'āsar

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

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contemporary in Urdu: معاصر (mu'āsar), سمکالین (samkālīn), ہم عصر (ham 'asar). In English, contemporary means from the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

Urdu words for contemporary

contemporary, concurrent
معاصر mu'āsar, سمکالین samkālīn, ہم عصر ham 'asar

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 Urdu

What is the meaning of contemporary in Urdu?
Contemporary in Urdu is معاصر (mu'āsar), سمکالین (samkālīn), ہم عصر (ham 'asar).
contemporary کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Contemporary: معاصر (mu'āsar), سمکالین (samkālīn), ہم عصر (ham 'asar).
What does contemporary mean in English?
Contemporary means from the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

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Urdu words from Wiktionary's Urdu entries whose English meaning is “contemporary”: سمکالین, معاصر, ہم عصر. 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 Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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