contemporaneous

American

[kuhn-tem-puh-rey-nee-uhs] / kənˌtɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs /

adjective

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

Synonyms:

concurrent, simultaneous

contemporaneous British

/ kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs, kənˌtɛmpərəˈniːɪtɪ /

adjective

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

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Related Words

See contemporary.

Other Word Forms

contemporaneity noun
contemporaneously adverb
contemporaneousness noun
noncontemporaneous adjective
noncontemporaneousness noun
precontemporaneity noun
precontemporaneous adjective
uncontemporaneous adjective
uncontemporaneousness noun

Etymology

Origin of contemporaneous

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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