contemporaneous

[ kuhn-tem-puh-rey-nee-uhs ]
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adjective
  1. living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.

Origin of contemporaneous

1
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin contemporāneus, equivalent to con- con- + tempor- (stem of tempus “time”) + -āneus (-ān(us) -an + -eus -eous)

synonym study For contemporaneous

Other words for contemporaneous

Other words from contemporaneous

  • con·tem·po·ra·ne·i·ty [kuhn-tem-per-uh-nee-i-tee], /kənˌtɛm pər əˈni ɪ ti/, 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

Words that may be confused with contemporaneous

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British Dictionary definitions for contemporaneous

contemporaneous

/ (kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs) /


adjective
  1. existing, beginning, or occurring in the same period of time

Derived forms of contemporaneous

  • contemporaneity (kənˌtɛmpərəˈniːɪtɪ) or contemporaneousness, noun
  • contemporaneously, adverb

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