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conterminous

UK/kɒnˈtəː.mɪ.nəs//kənˈtɝ.mɪ.nəs/

conterminous is the alternative form of coterminous.

Meaning of coterminous

Adjective

coterminous (not comparable)

  1. Meeting end to end or at the ends.
  2. Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.
    • New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are coterminous.
  3. (broadly) Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
    • But it is purely fantastic unless we bear in mind that the governing class has been continually compelled to enlarge itself, and that its tendency is reluctantly to go on doing so until in the end it will be coterminous with the "governed class."1919, Robert Lynd, Old and New Masters
  4. Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.

Origin of conterminous

Borrowed from Latin conterminus.

Words formed from conterminous

Questions about conterminous

What is conterminous the alternative form of?
Conterminous is the alternative form of coterminous.
How do you pronounce conterminous?
Conterminous is pronounced /kɒnˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/ (UK).

Words near conterminous in the dictionary

  1. conterminable
  2. conterminal
  3. conterminant
  4. conterminate
  5. conterminosity
  6. conterminous
  7. conterminous United States
  8. conterminously
  9. conterminousness
  10. conterraneous
  11. contes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conterminous (page history and authors); coterminous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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