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coexistent

coexistent adjective: existing at the same time as something else.

Adjective

coexistent (not comparable)

  1. existing at the same time as something else
    • Juxtaposed with the reports of war related fatalities, such information cannot but help but allow viewers to reconfirm metaphorical connections between war and AIDS. And give ^([sic]) the coexistent realities of the epidemic and the War Against Iraq, it isn't a great leap to link those two specific...1991 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Are We Having A War, Or What?”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 9

Noun

coexistent (plural coexistents)

  1. That which coexists with another.

Forms of coexistent

pluralcoexistents

Origin of coexistent

From co- + existent.

Questions about coexistent

What does coexistent mean?
Coexistent means existing at the same time as something else.
What part of speech is coexistent?
Coexistent can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near coexistent in the dictionary

  1. coexisted
  2. coexistence
  3. coexistences
  4. coexistencies
  5. coexistency
  6. coexistent
  7. coexistential
  8. coexistents
  9. coexister
  10. coexisters
  11. coexisting

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