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precontemporaneous

precontemporaneous adjective: prior to what is contemporaneous.

Adjective

precontemporaneous (not comparable)

  1. Prior to what is contemporaneous.

Origin of precontemporaneous

From pre- + contemporaneous.

Questions about precontemporaneous

What does precontemporaneous mean?
Precontemporaneous means prior to what is contemporaneous.
What part of speech is precontemporaneous?
Precontemporaneous is an adjective.

Words near precontemporaneous in the dictionary

  1. precontacts
  2. precontemplation
  3. precontemplative
  4. precontemplator
  5. precontemplators
  6. precontemporaneous
  7. precontemporary
  8. precontest
  9. precontract
  10. precontracted
  11. precontractile

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