contemporal

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adjective

Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action occurs (and is completed) immediately before the primary action of the statement.

OriginLatin contemporālis →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivecontemporal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarOf or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action occurs (and is completed) immediately before the primary action of the statement.

Origin

  1. Latincontemporālis
  2. Englishcontemporal

Borrowed from Latin contemporālis.

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APA

contemporal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemporal

MLA

“contemporal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemporal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contemporal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemporal.

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