coexist
To exist contemporaneously or in the same areaTo exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
Recorded: Steve Shives, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» Humans and dinosaurs have never coexisted.
Menschen und Dinosaurier gab es nie zur gleichen Zeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(stative, usually)To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
peacefully coexist
learn to coexist
koexistieren
сосуществова́тьsosuščestvovátʹ
співіснува́тиspivisnuváty
exist together
Examples
21 sentencesHumans and dinosaurs have never coexisted.
deMenschen und Dinosaurier gab es nie zur gleichen Zeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Can the two countries peacefully coexist?
Islam has always coexisted with other religions.
Love can coexist with differences and conflicts.
The species coexist in the same environment.
Translations
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Origin
From co- + exist. Compare Latin coexsistō.From co- + exist. Compare Latin coexsistō.
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Forms
coexists, coexisting, coexisted, coexistedSynonyms
1 synonyms- exist together:cohabit
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.