contemporaneous

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

/ kənˌtɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs /

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adjective

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

Nearby words

contemplate, contemplation, contemplative, contemplative order, contempo, contemporaneous, contemporary, contemporize, contempt, contempt of congress, contempt of court

Origin of contemporaneous

1650–60; < Latin contemporāneus, equivalent to con- con- + tempor- (stem of tempus time) + -āneus (-ān(us) -an + -eus -eous)

SYNONYMS FOR contemporaneous

simultaneous, concurrent.

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Related forms

con·tem·po·ra·ne·i·ty

[kuhn-tem-per-uh-nee-i-tee] /kənˌtɛm pər əˈni ɪ ti/, con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness, nouncon·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverbnon·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous, adjectivenon·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverb

non·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness, nounpre·con·tem·po·ra·ne·i·ty, nounpre·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous, adjectivepre·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverbun·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous, adjectiveun·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverbun·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness, noun

Can be confused

contemporary contemporaneous (see synonym study at contemporary)

Synonym study

See contemporary.

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Examples from the Web for contemporaneously

Indeed, Reed was contemporaneously chronicling—not so much celebrating—bad old New York.
Weren’t Those the Bad Old Days? The Poison of New York City Nostalgia|Michael Moynihan|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Contemporaneously with public lamps were improved organizations for night-watchmen and police.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science|John William Draper
The municipal policy corresponded to the national; it was not so much advanced as that contemporaneously existing in Peru.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2)|John William Draper
Contemporaneously with the work-song, the cult-song makes its appearance.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt

His relations with Cleanthes, contemporaneously criticized by Antipater, are considered under Stoics.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3|Various
It is probable that a sign language before existing became, contemporaneously with nomadic life, cultivated and enriched.
Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes|Garrick Mallery

British Dictionary definitions for contemporaneously

contemporaneous

/ (kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs) /

adjective

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

Derived Forms

contemporaneity (kənˌtɛmpərəˈniːɪtɪ) or contemporaneousness, nouncontemporaneously, adverb

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