adj.
1 belonging to the same time as sb/sth else
VERBS
▪ be
ADVERB
▪ exactly
▪ nearly
▪ broadly ( BrE ), roughly
▪
a period broadly ~ with the Shang dynasty
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
a composer ~ with Beethoven
2 modern
VERBS
▪ be
ADVERB
▪ decidedly , thoroughly , very
▪
His work is very ~.
Contemporary is used with these nouns: ↑ ballet , ↑ architect , ↑ architecture , ↑ art , ↑ artist , ↑ capitalism , ↑ classic , ↑ composer , ↑ context , ↑ criticism , ↑ culture , ↑ dance , ↑ debate , ↑ doctrine , ↑ drama , ↑ economics , ↑ economist , ↑ equivalent , ↑ example , ↑ fashion , ↑ feminism , ↑ fiction , ↑ furniture , ↑ historian , ↑ history , ↑ linguistics , ↑ literature , ↑ manifestation , ↑ music , ↑ musician , ↑ novel , ↑ novelist , ↑ painter , ↑ painting , ↑ phenomenon , ↑ philosopher , ↑ philosophy , ↑ photography , ↑ poet , ↑ poetry , ↑ politics , ↑ practice , ↑ relevance , ↑ religion , ↑ repertoire , ↑ scene , ↑ scholar , ↑ sculptor , ↑ setting , ↑ society , ↑ spin , ↑ style , ↑ taste , ↑ theatre , ↑ theme , ↑ thinker , ↑ thinking , ↑ understanding , ↑ usage , ↑ viewer , ↑ world , ↑ writer , ↑ writing