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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.

Words related to contemporaneous

simultaneously, jointly, closely, collectively, unitedly, combined, commonly, mutually, unanimously, concurrently, coincidentally, concertedly, concomitantly, synchronically, synchronously

Words nearby contemporaneous

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)

OTHER WORDS FROM contemporaneous

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH contemporaneous

contemporary contemporaneous (see synonym study at contemporary)

synonym study for contemporaneous

See contemporary.
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British Dictionary definitions for contemporaneously

contemporaneous
/ (kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs) /

adjective

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

Derived forms of contemporaneous

contemporaneity (kənˌtɛmpərəˈniːɪtɪ) or contemporaneousness, nouncontemporaneously, adverb
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