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coexist

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co·ex·ist  (kg-zst)
intr.v. co·ex·ist·ed, co·ex·ist·ing, co·ex·ists
1. To exist together, at the same time, or in the same place.
2. To live in peace with another or others despite differences, especially as a matter of policy: "recognize and accept, as every President in the nuclear age has, that this means coexisting with the Soviet Union" (McGeorge Bundy).
coex·istence n.
coex·istent adj.
coexist
Verb
1. to exist together at the same time or in the same place
2. to exist together in peace despite differences
coexistence n
coexistent adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.coexist - coexist peacefully, as of nations
coexist - exist together
2.coexist - exist together
exist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
coexist - coexist peacefully, as of nations
co-occur, coincide, cooccur - go with, fall together


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In an Arizona desert one does not long coexist with only such creatures as these: one must have pack animals, supplies, arms--"an outfit.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Their love for man, their zeal for God's service -- these holy impulses may or may not coexist in their hearts with the evil inmates to which their guilt has unbarred the door, and which must needs propagate a hellish breed within them.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Augustine--such depths of feeling could coexist with such absence of imagination.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
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