17 March 2016
contemporaneous
[kuh n-tem-puh-rey-nee-uh s]
adjective
1. living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
Origin of contemporaneous
Latin
1650-1660; < Latin contemporāneus, equivalent to con- con- + tempor- (stem of tempus time) + -āneus (-ān (us) -an + -eus -eous )
Related forms
contemporaneity [kuh n-tem-per-uh-nee-i-tee] (Show IPA), contemporaneousness, noun
contemporaneously, adverb
noncontemporaneous, adjective
noncontemporaneously, adverb
noncontemporaneousness, noun
Can be confused
contemporary, contemporaneous.
Synonyms
simultaneous, concurrent. See contemporary.
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Examples from the Web for contemporaneous
Contemporary Examples
And contemporaneous observers predicted that South Africa would fracture, that a civil war would roil for the next decade.
Nelson Mandela Was Undeniably Great But He Doesn’t Need a Halo
Michael Moynihan
December 5, 2013
In the end, any good reporting requires access to the most contemporaneous statements.
The Lost JFK Tapes and What We Now Know
Gerald Posner
November 22, 2009
Historical Examples
For contemporaneous mention of this meeting consult pp. 334-5 of Vol.
The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914
Various
contemporaneous history touched him as briefly, but not as gently.
In the Carquinez Woods
Bret Harte
Anagram
compose a neutron
ace promotes noun
rump to a nose cone
a centre moon opus
Today’s quote
We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.
– Calvin & Hobbes
On this day
17 March – St Patrick’s Day.
17 March 180AD – death of Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor. Born 26 April 121AD.
17 March 1931 – The U.S. state of Nevada legalises gambling, which paves the way for the establishment of Las Vegas as the casino capital of America.
17 March 1966 – a hydrogen bomb is recovered from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. The bomb had fallen from a U.S. B-52 after it collided with a KC-135 refuelling jet.