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contemporal

contemporal 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.

Adjective

contemporal (not comparable)

  1. 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.

Origin of contemporal

Borrowed from Latin contemporālis.

Questions about contemporal

What does contemporal mean?
Contemporal means 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.
What part of speech is contemporal?
Contemporal is an adjective.

Words near contemporal in the dictionary

  1. contempn
  2. contempned
  3. contempning
  4. contempns
  5. contempo
  6. contemporal
  7. contemporalities
  8. contemporality
  9. contemporanea expositio
  10. contemporanean
  11. contemporaneans

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