contemporaneous
Use Contemporaneous in a sentence
pəˈreɪ adjective
living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
Origin:
1650–60; < Latin contemporāneus, equivalent to con- con- + tempor- (stem of tempus time) + -āneus (-ān(us) -an + -eus -eous)
1650–60; < Latin contemporāneus, equivalent to con- con- + tempor- (stem of tempus time) + -āneus (-ān(us) -an + -eus -eous)
Related forms
con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverb
non·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous, adjective
non·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverb
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
pre·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverb
un·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous, adjective
un·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverb
un·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness, noun
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Contemporaneous
has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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| —adj | |
| existing, beginning, or occurring in the same period of time | |
| contemporaneity | |
| —n | |
| contempo'raneousness | |
| —n | |
| contempo'raneously | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
contemporaneous
1650s, from L. contemporaneus "contemporary," from the same source as contemporary but with a form after L.L. temporaneous "timely." Related: Contemporaneously (1816); contemporaneity (1772).
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Example sentences
Already, the show feels more contemporaneous than contemporary.
King's lawyers discovered that he had kept a personal diary that had detailed contemporaneous notes disproving the charges.
He had the felicity of winning fame which was contemporaneous with him.
Here is a little story of contemporaneous human interest, and quite as human as it is contemporaneous and interesting.
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