How to Pronounce "contemporaries"
word
kuhn-TEMP-uh-reez
kuhn-TEMP-uh-ruh-reez
Definition
People who live at the same time as someone else, especially people of similar age or period.
IPA Transcription
American English
kənˈtɛmpɝˌɛɹiz
British English
kəntˈɛmpəɹəɹiz
Simplified Pronunciation
US
kuhn-TEMP-uh-reez
UK
kuhn-TEMP-uh-ruh-reez
Listen in Context
Many of Einstein's contemporaries respected his theories.
Shakespeare and Cervantes were contemporaries.
Your contemporaries are people who are about your age.
Unlike most of his contemporaries, he preferred to work alone.