coexist
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From co- + exist.[1][2] Compare Latin coexsistō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]coexist (third-person singular simple present coexists, present participle coexisting, simple past and past participle coexisted)
- (intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]exist contemporaneously
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References
[edit]- ^ “coexist, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “coexist (v.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.