contemporaneous

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adjective con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous \ kən-ˌtem-pə-ˈrā-nē-əs \

Definition of contemporaneous

:existing, occurring, or originating during the same time

social and political events that were contemporaneous with each other

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contemporaneously

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contemporaneousness

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Examples of contemporaneous in a Sentence

the contemporaneous publication of the two articles
contemporaneous accounts of the battle from officers on both sides

Recent Examples of contemporaneous from the Web

The notes could provide a key contemporaneous account of a meeting that has emerged as a focus of investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 campaign by both Congress and Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

— mark dent, Alaska Dispatch News, "Manafort turns over notes that could provide new details on Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer," 25 July 2017
Comey reportedly took contemporaneous notes of that encounter that are now in the special counsel’s possession.

— adam serwer, The Atlantic, "Trump Criticizes Sessions Over Russia Recusal," 19 July 2017
But there wasn’t contemporaneous Russian-English translation.

— richard deitsch, SI.com, "Behind the scenes of HBO's Real Sports interview with Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya," 16 July 2017
The greatest proponent of Kabbalah in the 20th century was Gershom Scholem, the German-Jewish scholar nearly contemporaneous with Chagall.

— alexander nazaryan, Newsweek, "Zohar's Translation Unlocks the Secrets of Jewish Mysticism in an Age of Extremism," 28 June 2017
Kanter was able to review contemporaneous medical records, so someone knew the information was worth keeping.

— anne saker, Cincinnati.com, "The medical mysteries of Otto Warmbier's last days," 21 June 2017
The memo, written on June 5, 1975, by Watergate special prosecutor Nick Akerman, provides some contemporaneous support for Ellsberg's allegation that he was targeted.

— daniel arkin, NBC News, "Daniel Ellsberg: Nixon White House Wanted to ‘Shut Me Up’ With Assault," 19 June 2017
As for George Washington, Shugerman points out that the historical record shows little in the way of contemporaneous discussion of the topic—not because emoluments weren’t seen as an issue, but because Washington appears to have kept it a secret.

— jeremy venook, The Atlantic, "Do the Two New Lawsuits Against Trump Have Any Shot at Success?," 15 June 2017
Sessions countering Comey’s recollection of events—which is presumably recorded in his contemporaneous memos—is part of the White House’s campaign against the former FBI director’s credibility.

— alex shephard, New Republic, "Jeff Sessions is going to try to undermine James Comey.," 13 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of contemporaneous

Latin contemporaneus, from com- + tempor-, tempus time

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First Known Use: circa 1656

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contemporaneous Synonyms

Synonyms

coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coextensive, coincident, coincidental, concurrent, contemporary, coterminous, simultaneous, synchronic, synchronous

Antonyms

asynchronous, noncontemporary, nonsimultaneous, nonsynchronous

Related Words

accompanying, attendant, attending, concomitant, incident

Synonym Discussion of contemporaneous

contemporary, contemporaneous, coeval, synchronous, simultaneous, coincident mean existing or occurring at the same time. contemporary is likely to apply to people and what relates to them.