coextensive
pronunciation
How to pronounce coextensive in British English:
UK ['kəʊɪks'tensɪv]
How to pronounce coextensive in American English:
US [ˌkoʊɪk'stensɪv]
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- Adjective:
- of equal extent or scope or duration
Word Origin
- coextensive (adj.)
- 1771, from co- + extensive.
Example
- 1. Term not used technically ; essentially coextensive with genus bos .
- 2. The library has become coextensive with the internet .
- 3. In the old testament , an ancient country of southwest asia , roughly coextensive with present-day syria .
- 4. Lower ferns coextensive with the family marattiaceae .
- 5. Coextensive with the genus rynchops : skimmers .