contemporaneous

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

Updated on: 18 Apr 2018

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

adverb

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contemporaneousness

noun

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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

After Trump fired Comey as FBI director last May, news emerged that Comey kept contemporaneous memos on his conversations with Trump, claiming Trump had asked him to end the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

— eli watkins, CNN, "Comey book excerpts detail his role in 'the forest fire that is the Trump presidency'," 12 Apr. 2018
The plaque shares a widespread Medieval use of bold figural gestures and enlarged hands and eyes, a vocabulary found from the contemporaneous sculpture at Vézelay, France, all the way into the 13th century.

— e.a. carmean jr., WSJ, "Witnesses of the Risen Christ," 30 Mar. 2018
But for many British Jews, an altogether more contemporaneous subject is also likely to be on the agenda at the festive meal.

— james masters, CNN, "The UK's biggest left wing party is mired in an antisemitism crisis," 28 Mar. 2018
The writing of such contemporaneous memo notes is routine standard practice for government employees in the positions like the ones McCabe and Comey held.

— jeff darcy, cleveland.com, "Facebook allows users to be used: Darcy cartoon," 21 Mar. 2018
Verhoeven also showed, as part of his slideshow, examples of contemporaneous notes, text messages and emails, particularly from Kalanick and John Bares, now the CEO of Carnegie Robotics in Pittsburgh.

— cyrus farivar, Ars Technica, "Waymo: “We’re bringing this case because Uber is cheating”," 5 Feb. 2018
McCabe, who was fired from the FBI late Friday night just hours before he was set to retire with full benefits, has kept contemporaneous notes of his interactions with Trump, according to two people familiar with his records.

— philip rucker, BostonGlobe.com, "Trump rails against Mueller investigation, dismisses McCabe’s notes as ‘Fake Memos’," 18 Mar. 2018
McCabe, who was fired from the FBI late Friday night just hours before he was set to retire with full benefits, has kept contemporaneous notes of his interactions with Trump, according to two people familiar with his records.

— philip rucker, Washington Post, "Trump rails against Mueller investigation, dismisses McCabe’s notes as ‘Fake Memos’," 18 Mar. 2018
McCabe, who was fired from the FBI late Friday night just hours before he was set to retire with full benefits, has kept contemporaneous notes of his interactions with Trump, according to two people familiar with his records.

— philip rucker, chicagotribune.com, "Trump rails against Mueller investigation, dismisses McCabe's notes as 'Fake Memos'," 18 Mar. 2018

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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

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

Antonyms

asynchronous, noncontemporary, nonsimultaneous, nonsynchronous;

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.