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View synonyms for contemporaneous

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • contemporaneity, noun
  • conˌtempoˈraneously, adverb
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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
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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 )
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Example Sentences

They also cast a wide net in terms of written material, drawing from books and contemporaneous press accounts.

“The idea is that the California Department of Public Health realizes that this issue is never going to get attention unless the reporting on death is contemporaneous with the actual event.”

And I think there’s also just a lot of contemporaneous evidence that the journal cites to support the fact that there was something more than a normal employee-employer relationship going on here.

In one reported instance, Little’s recollections undermined contemporaneous documentary evidence that was damaging to Trump.

From Salon

But to the excited visitors in Pirna, who often dress in contemporaneous garb to match the vehicles they arrived in, the polished and pampered cars embody a local pride.

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