contemporaneous

[kuh n-tem-puh-rey-nee-uh s]

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adjective

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

Origin of contemporaneous

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

Related formscon·tem·po·ra·ne·i·ty

[kuh n-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, adverbnon·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 confusedcontemporary contemporaneous (see synonym study at contemporary)

Synonyms

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simultaneous, concurrent.

Synonym study

See contemporary.

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Examples from the Web for contemporaneously

Contemporary Examples

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

Historical Examples

Contemporaneously with him flourished Protogenes and Nicias.
Museum of Antiquity
L. W. Yaggy
Contemporaneously with the work-song, the cult-song makes its appearance.
Elements of Folk Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
What second departure was contemporaneously perceived by him similarly, if differently?
Ulysses
James Joyce
Contemporaneously, also, there were other propitious events.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
John William Draper
Contemporaneously with the supper came a four-wheeler with a man and a woman in it.
Penelope's English Experiences
Kate Douglas Wiggin

British Dictionary definitions for contemporaneously