contemporary
عصر حاضر
definition
noun
he was a contemporary of Darwin
a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.
adjective
the event was recorded by a contemporary historian
living or occurring at the same time.
the tension and complexities of our contemporary society
belonging to or occurring in the present.
example
They teach students to make sense of history as 'contemporary' secular historians make sense of it.
A similar theme informed the research of a postgraduate student who was a 'contemporary' of mine at the University of Stirling in the 1970s.
The tea glass is a 'contemporary' Shanghai Art Deco design in silver to match the black porcelain teapot encased in a silver container.
The stirrups we found date back to the 14th century and as far as we know, are the only known find on the site which is 'contemporary' with the battle.
One 'contemporary' of George Adams was the brilliant oddsmaker Solomon Green, born in England in 1868.
Few episodes elicit from 'contemporary' historians so much outrage as the French and Russian revolutions.
From this Hume infers that if any cause can be ‘perfectly 'contemporary' with its effect’ all of them must be.
So, every time the curtain lifts, there is something new - a 'contemporary' issue presented with all the witticism of the world.
This year I discovered the books of Charles Williams, a 'contemporary' of JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis but kind of forgotten now.
Roughly 'contemporary' with the pier table, it was also made in New York City, although by whom has not been determined.
Most 'contemporary' historians tend to de-personalise war with dry statistics and lots of military detail.
Readers will not get a strong sense of the historical processes that led each of these four groups to the structure and belief system present in the 'contemporary' world.
Constance spent nearly five years researching and editing the new collection as well as writing the first biographical study of Isabella, who was a 'contemporary' of William Wordsworth.
In a 'contemporary' presentation that will see 14 dancers highlighting the country's contribution to world thought and culture, much has gone into the music of the show.
This is a modern, 'contemporary' design and would be a high quality building.
This discourse of the colonised is 'contemporary' with that of the European orientalist, but from the opposite point of view.
Harvey chose a female architect - Mary Colter, a 'contemporary' of Frank Lloyd Wright - to lead the building of the Harvey House empire in 1910.
In the past, conservative Irish tastes wanted 'contemporary' works for their living rooms.
I spent much of my early career working with musicians and presenting traditional and 'contemporary' poetry as theater for school-aged children.
Cumulative dramatic structure is all-important in Mercadante, a younger 'contemporary' of Verdi, and the excisions proved detrimental.
His own appeal, he hopes, will lie in his ability to present a young, 'contemporary' package, while sacrificing none of his classical roots.
A 'contemporary' of Galileo, Descartes, Rembrandt, and Milton, Comenius contributed greatly to the Enlightenment.
For Packer, even the present isn't 'contemporary' enough.
They claimed the residential building ‘aimed to evoke the qualities of Victorian detail and comparable scale within a modern 'contemporary' style’.
But the Church wants to challenge that finding by meeting and debating with leading thinkers on faith and 'contemporary' living.
Personalities and individual behaviour dominate the presentation of 'contemporary' politics.
The marriage room has been designed in a more 'contemporary' style in a brown and cream colour scheme, with art works and flower arrangements.
The band of flat chased decoration is too dense and tightly packed to be 'contemporary' with the mark.
The photographs on display here together present a 'contemporary' vision of the world; they evoke the beliefs and the traditions of mankind, as well as the landscapes they portray.
Rather than present well-known 'contemporary' works, this concert will feature many new works.
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