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contemporaneously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˌtɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/
  • US: /kənˌtɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T EH2 M P ER0 EY1 N IY0 AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a contemporaneous way: in the same period of time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cotemporaneously, contemporarily, cotemporally, coevally

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

during the same period of time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • contemporaneously, or possibly a little later, there developed a great Sumerian civilisation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From contemporaneous + -ly, from Latin contemporāneus, from co- (“together”) + tempus (“time”).

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: bieżąco — Translations
Real reading context

contemporaneously in complete knowledge articles

François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo People & society · Advanced · 1 uses