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CONTEMPORISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contemporise mean?
• CONTEMPORISE (verb)
The verb CONTEMPORISE has 2 senses:
2. arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
Familiarity information: CONTEMPORISE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




Past simple: contemporised


Past participle: contemporised


-ing form: contemporising


Sense 1
Meaning:
Happen at the same time
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize
Hypernyms (to "contemporise" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize
Context example:
synchronize biblical events
Hypernyms (to "contemporise" is one way to...):
arrange; order; put; set up (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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