contemporaneous

• 形容事物或事件存在于或发生在同一时期。

Describes events or things that exist or occur at the same time.

1. Existing or occurring in the same period of timeC1formal

   Describes events, people, or things that exist or happen at the same time.

   同时代的

   • The development of the printing press was contemporaneous with the rise of humanism.
   • The two manuscripts are contemporaneous, both dating from the 14th century.
   • The artist's early works are contemporaneous with the beginning of the modernist movement.

   同义词coevalconcurrentcontemporarysimultaneoussynchronic

   反义词asynchronousnonsynchronous

2. Belonging to the same time periodC1formal

   Used to describe items or phenomena that share a specific historical era.

   同时代的（历史语境）

   • The fossils found in the two layers are contemporaneous, indicating they lived at the same time.
   • The architecture of the cathedral is contemporaneous with the castle across the river.
   • The political changes were contemporaneous with major economic reforms.

   同义词coevalcontemporary