MEANING
Having the same extent, range, or boundaries as something else.
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Words that belong together
- 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
Usage notes
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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