contemporize (redirected from contemporization)

con·tem·po·rize  (kn-tmp-rz)

v. con·tem·po·rized, con·tem·po·riz·ing, con·tem·po·riz·es

v.tr.

1. To regard or place in the same time period; synchronize.

2. To make modern or contemporary, as in style or décor.

v.intr.

To be contemporary.

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[From contemporary.]

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con·tempo·ri·zation (-tmpr--zshn) n.

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contemporize, contemporise [kənˈtɛmpəˌraɪz]

vb

to be or make contemporary; synchronize

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	contemporize - happen at the same time contemporise, synchronise, synchronize hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
	2.	contemporize - arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events" contemporise, synchronise, synchronize arrange, order, put, set up - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"