Definition of coetaneous in English:
coetaneous
adjective kəʊɪˈteɪnɪəsˌkoʊəˈteɪniəs
Having the same age or date of origin; contemporary.
his greatest rival and coetaneous critic
Example sentencesExamples
- A four-decade-long study has found that the incidence of coetaneous melanoma rose by a factor of more than 6 from 1970-1979 through 2000-2009.
- His arrival was coetaneous with the announcement of an important change in the commercial intercourse between England and India.
- The surviving Castilian version is a coetaneous copy rather than the original.
- Supposing either to be coetaneous with the reputed date of 1133, the room was built and fitted up before the Royal-hall of the Westminster Palace.
- The discovery of the circulation of blood, which was coetaneous with baroque culture, confirmed this general law that ruled everywhere.
Synonyms
contemporaneous, concurrent, coeval, synchronous, synchronic, of the time, of the day, simultaneous
Origin
Early17th century: from Latin coaetaneus 'contemporaneous' (from aetas 'age') + -ous.
Definition of coetaneous in US English:
coetaneous
adjectiveˌkoʊəˈteɪniəsˌkōəˈtānēəs
his greatest rival and coetaneous critic
another term for coeval
Example sentencesExamples
- A four-decade-long study has found that the incidence of coetaneous melanoma rose by a factor of more than 6 from 1970-1979 through 2000-2009.
- Supposing either to be coetaneous with the reputed date of 1133, the room was built and fitted up before the Royal-hall of the Westminster Palace.
- The surviving Castilian version is a coetaneous copy rather than the original.
- The discovery of the circulation of blood, which was coetaneous with baroque culture, confirmed this general law that ruled everywhere.
- His arrival was coetaneous with the announcement of an important change in the commercial intercourse between England and India.
Synonyms
contemporaneous, concurrent, coeval, synchronous, synchronic, of the time, of the day, simultaneous
Origin
Early17th century: from Latin coaetaneus ‘contemporaneous’ (from aetas ‘age’) + -ous.