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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
EXPANDpre·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 supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
Example Sentences
- Already, the show feels more contemporaneous than contemporary.
- The best sources for a historian are those that provide a contemporaneous account of the events under scrutiny.
- He collects centuries-old books about contemporaneous scientific marvels and predictions about the future.
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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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