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CONTEMPORANEOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contemporaneous mean?
• CONTEMPORANEOUS (adjective)
The adjective CONTEMPORANEOUS has 2 senses:
1. occurring in the same period of time
2. of the same period
Familiarity information: CONTEMPORANEOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring in the same period of time
Synonyms:
contemporaneous; contemporary
Context example:
the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
Similar:
synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
Derivation:
contemporaneity (the quality of belonging to the same period of time)
contemporaneousness (the quality of being current or of the present)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of the same period
Synonyms:
coetaneous; coeval; contemporaneous
Similar:
synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
Derivation:
contemporaneity; contemporaneousness (the quality of belonging to the same period of time)
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