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coterminous.

Adjective
FormalSetting
MEANING

1. Sharing a common boundary or border.

2. Having the same boundaries, scope, or period as something else.

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  • coterminous territories
  • coterminous districts

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The coterminous territories disagreed over the bridge connecting them.
Two coterminous districts met at the road where the patrol stopped.

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coterminous

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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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