coexisting
- adjective
- /ˌkoʊɪkˈzɪstɪŋ/
- So what we see now is a whole bunch of species coexisting, displaying these different solutions to surviving and adapting.
It is impossible even to get to know all coexisting persons.
- It is impossible even to get to know all coexisting persons.
Examples
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And then the really cool thing about most snow clouds is you actually have all three phases of water coexisting at the same time.
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Different cultures can be coexisting in the same neighborhood, enriching the community with diverse traditions.
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And so you can have in a single moment multiple states coexisting at the same time.
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There's been that sort of struggle or battle of those two things coexisting your entire life.
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Look, this is a great story of innovation coexisting with incumbents.
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The only situation where you can have stocks and T-bills coexisting in this simple world.
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This is the metal and oxygen and the oxide all coexisting at equilibrium.
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Thus, governments have two necessarily contradictory and coexisting modes: "the protective mode" and "the redistributive mode."
Academic text (1997) -
In the city park, various species of trees and flowers are coexisting beautifully in the same environment.
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The new policy allows economic growth while ensuring environmental protection, showing how progress and sustainability can be coexisting.
Synonyms
Happening at the same time as something else
Happening at the same time as another thing
Happening at the same time
Existing at the same time as something else
Happening at the same time as something else
Happening at the same time as another event
Happening at the same time as something else
Antonyms
How Simultaneous
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word coexisting comes from the prefix co- meaning 'together' and exist meaning 'to be', the same parts you see in cooperate or coworker. So coexisting means 'being together at the same time'.