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CONTEMPORIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they contemporize ... he / she / it contemporizes
Past simple: contemporized
Past participle: contemporized
-ing form: contemporizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
Example:
synchronize biblical events
Synonyms:
contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "contemporize" is one way to...):
arrange; order; put; set up (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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