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contemporary

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"Modern-day"

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12 lettersPronunciation /kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted acemnooprrtyStarts with CEnds with Y2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. belonging to the present time

Word origin

From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).

Used in a sentence

  • A neighb'ring Wood born with himself he sees, / And loves his old contemporary trees.
  • Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.
  • The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Modern-day12 letters
02Coeval12 letters

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