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kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs,
kɒn-/
adj.
existing at or occurring in the same period of time.
Derivative
- contemporaneity
/-ˈniːɪti, -ˈneɪɪti/
n. - contemporaneously adv.
- contemporaneousness n.
Etymology
C17: from L., from con- ‘together with’ + temporaneus (from tempus, tempor- ‘time’) + -ous.
