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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context.
In the few instances where the initial description is couched in the past tense, immediate reversal occurs and the scene is contemporized by the listener.
Oscar Mayer tapped him to try to find some way to reposition bologna and other troubled meats that were declining in popularity and sales...when Drane began working on the project, his orders were to “figure out how to contemporize what we’ve got.”
Use contemporize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Contemporize means To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context.
Common synonyms include update, adapt, synchronize.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the few instances where the initial description is couched in the past tense, immediate reversal occurs and the scene is contemporized by the listener.
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