MEANING
To exist at the same time or in the same place as something else.
Use it for
describing institutions that are present together; distinguishing simultaneous existence from mutual influence; analyzing whether competing practices can persist side by sideDescribes presence together without automatically asserting harmony, interaction or causal connection. Academic functions: Causation / Relationships.
Words that belong together
- coexist with another system
- competing accounts coexist
- peacefully coexist
On the page
Formal and informal institutions may coexist without carrying equal authority.
The presence of competing explanations in the literature shows that they coexist, not that they are equally well supported.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- coexist
- Past tense
- coexisted
- Past participle
- coexisted
- Present participle
- coexisting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- coexist
- Present continuous
- am/is/are coexisting
- Present perfect
- have/has coexisted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been coexisting
- Past
- coexisted
- Past continuous
- was/were coexisting
- Past perfect
- had coexisted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been coexisting
- Future
- will coexist
- Future continuous
- will be coexisting
- Future perfect
- will have coexisted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been coexisting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Intransitive. Coexist with + another entity; also two entities coexist. Third-person coexists; past/participle coexisted; present participle coexisting. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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