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# contemporaneously

adverb (contemporaneously — formal)

«contemporaneously» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal) At the same time as something else happened, or during the same period. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemporaneously/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history and law, a note written contemporaneously is written at the time of the events, which makes it more reliable evidence than one written later. It tells the reader two things happened in the same period. Everyday English says «at the same time».

### Examples

- The diary was written contemporaneously with the events. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemporaneously/#x1)
- Two inventors worked on the telephone contemporaneously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemporaneously/#x2)
- The police officer made notes contemporaneously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemporaneously/#x3)
- The two kingdoms grew contemporaneously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemporaneously/#x4)
- Historians trust sources written contemporaneously more than later ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemporaneously/#x5)
- The songs were recorded contemporaneously in London and New York. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemporaneously/#x6)

### Note

Very formal. Adverb from «contemporaneous» (existing at the same time). Say «kon-tem-puh-RAY-nee-us-lee». Related words: contemporary, coeval, concurrent. In history, sources made at the time are usually primary sources.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «contemporaneously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemporaneously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«contemporaneously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/contemporaneously.html) on Mova free.