contemporaneous

[ kuhn-tem-puh-rey-nee-uhs ]

adjective

1. living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.

   Synonyms: concurrent, simultaneous

contemporaneous

/ kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs; kənˌtɛmpərəˈniːɪtɪ /

adjective

1. existing, beginning, or occurring in the same period of time

Derived Forms

• contemporaneity, noun
• conˌtempoˈraneously, adverb

Other Words From

• con·tem·po·ra·ne·i·ty [k, uh, n-tem-per-, uh, -, nee, -i-tee], con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness noun
• con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly adverb
• non·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous adjective
• non·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness noun
• pre·con·tem·po·ra·ne·i·ty noun
• pre·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous adjective
• un·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous adjective
• un·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of contemporaneous¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin contemporāneus, equivalent to con- con- + tempor- (stem of tempus “time”) + -āneus ( -ān(us) -an + -eus -eous )

Synonym Study

See contemporary.

Example Sentences

Did other presidents subsequent to Nixon keep extensive contemporaneous records?

From The Daily Beast

And contemporaneous observers predicted that South Africa would fracture, that a civil war would roil for the next decade.

From The Daily Beast

Tracy Conroy allowed The Daily Beast to read lengthy contemporaneous notes she took during her time inside the Anthony home.

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Often my heart sank when I came across another contemporaneous source that I felt I should read.

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In the end, any good reporting requires access to the most contemporaneous statements.

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It may be a forerunner or successor, the cause or consequence, or a contemporaneous fact, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

The defeat of Mr. ttwood's motion was contemporaneous with alarming riots at Birmingham.

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Legislation with regard to the poor commenced contemporaneous with the laws against the eviction of the small farmers.

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Tradition survived of taller giants before the days of the contemporaneous Agamemnons.

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Besides, even if actualization be contemporaneous with potentiality, why should not the first rank be assigned to actualization?

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