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adjectivecotemporal (comparative more cotemporal, superlative most cotemporal)
comparative more cotemporal · superlative most cotemporal
- Existing or occurring at the same time.
Since indirect speech consists of only one experience, the only point of view is that of the quoting speaker, and present and NOW are cotemporal with the act of quotation.
1997, Benjamin Lee, Talking Heads, page 307Synonyms: contemporaneous
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adjectiveExisting or occurring at the same time.
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Rhymes with cotemporal
temporalintertemporalspatiotemporalfrontotemporalatemporalanterotemporalantitemporalauriculotemporalbasitemporalbasotemporalbiotemporalbitemporalcentrotemporalcorticotemporaldorsotemporalextratemporalgeotemporalhypertemporalinferotemporalinfratemporalintratemporalisotemporallaterotemporalmediotemporal
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