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coeval

 
Dictionary: co·e·val
(kō-ē'vəl) pronunciation
adj.
Originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era.

n.
One of the same era or period; a contemporary.

[From Late Latin coaevus : co-, co- + aevum, age.]

coevally co·e'val·ly adv.

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(ko-EE-vuhl) pronunciation

adjective
Having the same age or duration.

noun
A contemporary.

Etymology
From Latin coaevus, from co- (in common) + aevum (age), from Greek aion (age). Ultimately from the Indo-European root aiw-/ayu- (vital force, life, eternity) that is also the source of ever, never, aye, nay, eon, eternal, medieval, primeval, utopia, Sanskrit Ayurveda, and aught aught. ]

Usage
"Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born in the same year, on the same day: Feb 12, 1809. ... Instinctively, we want to say that they belong together. It's not just because they were both great men, and not because they happen to be exact coevals. Rather, it's because the scientist and the politician each touched off a revolution that changed the world." — Malcolm Jones; Who Was More Important: Lincoln or Darwin?; Newsweek (New York); Jul 7, 2008.


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adjective

    Belonging to the same period of time as another: coetaneous, coexistent, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporary, synchronic, synchronous. See time.

noun

    One of the same time or age as another: contemporary. See time.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Being of the same age or duration.

pronunciation They tried to find a coeval building of the one that collapsed so they could copy it.

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person of nearly the same age as another
  Synonym: contemporary


The adjective coeval has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of the same period
  Synonyms: coetaneous, contemporaneous


 
 
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