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coextensive.

Adjective
FormalSetting
MEANING

Having the same extent, range, or boundaries as something else.

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  • coextensive areas
  • coextensive with a district

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The old estate was no longer coextensive with the village boundary.
Her map showed two coextensive areas labeled for different authorities.

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coextensive

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Primary category: setting. Forms: Relational or positional adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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