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CONTEMPORANEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the same period
Synonyms:
coetaneous; coeval; contemporaneous
Classified under:
Similar:
synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
Derivation:
contemporaneity; contemporaneousness (the quality of belonging to the same period of time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Occurring in the same period of time
Example:
the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
Synonyms:
contemporaneous; contemporary
Classified under:
Similar:
synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
Derivation:
contemporaneity (the quality of belonging to the same period of time)
contemporaneousness (the quality of being current or of the present)
