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coeval

[ koh-ee-vuhl ]

adjective

  1. of the same age, date, or duration; equally old:

    Analysis has proved that this manuscript is coeval with that one.

  2. Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were only approximately coeval.



noun

  1. He is more serious than his coevals.

coeval

/ ˌkəʊɪˈvælɪtɪ; kəʊˈiːvəl /

adjective

  1. of or belonging to the same age or generation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a contemporary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • coˈevally, adverb
  • coevality, noun
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Other Words From

  • co·e·val·i·ty [koh-i-, val, -i-tee], noun
  • co·eval·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coeval1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Late Latin coaev(us) (equivalent to co- “with, together” + -aevus, adjective derivative of aevum “age”) + -al adjective suffix; co-, -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coeval1

C17: from Late Latin coaevus from Latin co- + aevum age
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Example Sentences

It was coeval with the religion of Egypt in the time of Abraham, and perhaps at a still earlier date.

The life of the American Cavalry is almost coeval with that of the American people.

Next to this tradition, and nearly coeval with it, but reported by later authority, is that respecting Solon and Athens.

Science and religion are coeval in man's history, and both are independently continuous and progressive.

Some elementary conception of it is in all probability coeval with the first dawn of human intelligence.

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