Meaning of CONTEMPORANEOUS
| Pronunciation: | | kun`tempu'reyneeus
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- [adj] of the same period
- [adj] occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
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| | Synonyms: | | coetaneous, coeval, contemporary, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. contemporaneus;
con- + tempus time. See {Temporal}, and cf.
{Contemporaneous}.]
Living, existing, or occurring at the same time;
contemporary.
The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra,
Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with
the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. --Milman
-- {Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | accompanying, actual, agreeing, as is, being, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coinstantaneous, collateral, concomitant, concurrent, contemporary, conterminous, coterminous, current, existent, existing, extant, fresh, immanent, immediate, instant, isochronal, isochronous, latest, modern, new, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, running, simultaneous, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous, that be, that is, topical, unison, unisonous, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute |
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