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CONTEMPORIZE

Dictionary entry overview: What does contemporize mean?

• CONTEMPORIZE (verb)
The verb CONTEMPORIZE has 2 senses:

1. happen at the same time
2. arrange or represent events so that they co-occur

Familiarity information: CONTEMPORIZE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CONTEMPORIZE (verb)

Sense 1

contemporize ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Happen at the same time

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize

Hypernyms (to "contemporize" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

contemporize ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize

Context example:

synchronize biblical events

Hypernyms (to "contemporize" is one way to...):

arrange; order; put; set up (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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