单词 | contemporariness |
释义 | contemporarinessn. The fact or condition of being contemporary (in various senses of contemporary adj.); esp. the fact or condition of existing contemporaneously (sometimes with with). In later use also: the quality of being modern; modernity. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [noun] > contemporary > state of being contemporary contemporariness1642 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell iii. 39 The..regular succession and contemporarinesse of Princes. 1884 American 8 252/1 The creature almost enjoyed contemporariness with Columbus. 1896 Poet-lore 8 639 To keep up one's reputation for contemporariness, and hold that terrible old Fogy-land at arm's length. 2012 Afr. Archaeol. Rev. 29 444 The excavator suggests a Late Mesolithic date and contemporariness with the El Qala'a site. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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