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# contemporaneously

«contemporaneously» in Mova's school dictionary: **At the same time as something else happened, or during…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (contemporaneously — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «contemporaneously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemporaneously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.