existing or happening in the same period of time
Origin of contemporaneous
Classical Latin contemporaneus from com-, with + tempus: see contemporary
adjective
The definition of contemporaneous is things that exist or occur at the same time.
When two people are both alive during the same time period, this is an example of a situation where those people are contemporaneous with each other.
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adjective
Originating, existing, or happening during the same period of time: the contemporaneous reigns of two monarchs. See Synonyms at contemporary.
Origin of contemporaneous
Latin contemporāneus com- com- tempus tempor- time -āneus adj. suff.Related Forms:
- con·tem′po·ra·ne′i·ty con·tem′po·ra′ne·ous·ness
noun
- con·tem′po·ra′ne·ous·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(not comparable)
Usage notes
- For events which occur at precisely the same time, simultaneous is used.
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Sentence Examples
- Of the work of Cyriac of Ancona, written about 1450, only some fragments remain, which are well supplemented by the contemporaneous description of the capable observer known as the " Anonymus of Milan."
- Contemporaneous with these were various schemes of classification which were based, not on a consideration of the entire structure of each animal, but on the variations of a single organ, or on the really non-significant fact of the structure of the egg.
- On the other hand, the impartial historical student cannot compare the Thirty-nine Articles with the contemporaneous canons and decrees of the council of Trent without being impressed by striking contrasts between the two sets of dogmas.
- Gives contemporaneous data for the frequency of sun-spots and of auroras seen in Scandinavia.
- In that case the later rulers of the Dynasty of Isin would have been contemporaneous with the earlier rulers of Dynasty I.
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WORDS NEAR contemporaneous IN THE DICTIONARY
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