coexistv.
/kəʊɛɡˈzɪst/ a. intransitive. To exist together or in conjunction; to exist at the same time, in the same place, etc., with (rarely †to, †unto) another.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] > coexist
consist1548
coexista1676
the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > be simultaneous [verb (intransitive)]
convene?1541
concur1596
synchronizec1624
contemporatea1638
contemporize1643
coincidate1657
conterminate1664
tryst1669
coexista1676
coincide1809
date1821
simultane1897
co-occur1957
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. iv. 107 They [Generations of Mankind] never co-exist, but are successive.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. iv. 109 The three Stars that coexist in Heavenly Constellations are a multitude of stars.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 136 Of..Substances, whether any one has any..clear idea, farther than of certain simple Ideas coexisting together.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 10 Aug. 38 No real greatness can long co-exist with deceit.
b. Of political or economic systems (see coexistence n.).
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1931 Economist 4 July 23/2 The question may then well arise whether the plan-economy of Russia and the capitalist economy of Western Europe can co-exist in amity.
1957 Listener 5 Dec. 929/1 We have not yet achieved a way of coexisting in real peace with the Soviet Union.
1958 Bull. Atomic Scientists Dec. 410/1 It seems unlikely that industrialized and unindustrialized nations can coexist indefinitely.
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