contemporaneous

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

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

Origin of contemporaneous

1650–60; < Latin contemporāneus, equivalent to con- con- + tempor- (stem of tempus time) + -āneus ( -ān(us) -an + -eus -eous)

synonym study for contemporaneous

See contemporary.

OTHER WORDS FROM contemporaneous

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH contemporaneous

contemporary contemporaneous (see synonym study at contemporary)

Words nearby contemporaneous

contemplate, contemplation, contemplative, contemplative order, contempo, contemporaneous, contemporary, contemporize, contempt, contempt of congress, contempt of court

Words related to contemporaneous

coetaneous, coeval, concomitant, simultaneous, synchronic, synchronous, coexisting

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British Dictionary definitions for contemporaneous

contemporaneous
/ (kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs) /

adjective

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

Derived forms of contemporaneous

contemporaneity (kənˌtɛmpərəˈniːɪtɪ) or contemporaneousness, noun contemporaneously, adverb