adj
Meaning 1
Meeting end to end or at the ends.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coterminous
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /kəˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/
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US: /kəˈtɝ.mɪ.nəs/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
Examples
- New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are coterminous.
- To get a building warrant he had to show the plans to "coterminous proprietors", neighbours with whom his property shared a boundary.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
being of equal extent or scope or duration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coextensive, conterminous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”), equivalent to co- + terminous. The spelling with co- instead of con- is probably influenced by the related prefix co-.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: ościenny — meeting end-to-end
- Bulgarian: съседен (sǎseden) — adjoining
- Czech: sousední — adjoining
- French: limitrophe — adjoining
- Icelandic: með sameiginleg landamæri — adjoining
- Icelandic: sem liggur innan einna og sömu landamæra — adjoining
- Icelandic: samlægur — adjoining
- Russian: смежные (smežnyje) — adjoining
- Icelandic: með sameiginleg landamæri — having the same scope, range, or extent
- Icelandic: sem liggur innan einna og sömu landamæra — having the same scope, range, or extent
- Icelandic: samlægur — having the same scope, range, or extent
- Icelandic: samlægur — of leases: linked or related