conterminateadj.
/kənˈtəːmɪnət/ = conterminous adj.
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the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > coextensive
conterminate1578
coextending1617
coextent1647
coextended1656
coextensive1771
conterminous1817
coterminal1833
coequal1853
the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > bordering > having common boundary
conterminate1578
conterminous1631
conterminant1640
co-terminatea1657
co-terminous1799
conterminal1802
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > in exact agreement or harmony
coincident1570
jump1581
unisonous1665
true1735
coinciding1786
coincidentala1806
conterminate1850
conterminous1855
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 70 The first veyne..being thereto at the posteriour part therof conterminate.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. viii. §10. 152 Æthiopia being the conterminate Region with Ægypt.
1616 B. Jonson Speeches at Prince Henries Barriers 341 in Wks. I A strength of empire fixt Conterminate with heauen.
1850 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 125 Faith to word, to teaching hearing, Mind to God, conterminate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
† conterminatev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To be conterminous in space, to have a common limit or boundary.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact > have same boundary
marchc1330
abut1399
coastc1400
adjoin?1523
confine1523
marchese1525
abuttal1545
touch1567
confront1601
conterminate1637
1637 J. Bastwick Vanity & Mischeife Old Letany iii. 14/2 In the towne where he dwelt, and the parishes conterminating thereabouts.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Conterminate, to lye near or border on a place.
1709 H. Sacheverell Communic. of Sin 14 The..Author, in whom they must all Center, and Conterminate.
2. To be conterminous in time.
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the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > be simultaneous [verb (intransitive)]
convene?1541
concur1596
synchronizec1624
contemporatea1638
contemporize1643
coincidate1657
conterminate1664
tryst1669
coexista1676
coincide1809
date1821
simultane1897
co-occur1957
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity ii. vi. §18. 377 The Fall of Babylon also conterminates with the sixth trumpet.
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel App. iii. 307 The Laodicean Interval in a manner conterminating with the Conflagration of the World.
1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 61 A decursion..conterminating to the end of the world.
Derivatives
conˈterminating adj.
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the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective]
altogether?c1400
concurrent1495
contemporana1500
unison1582
coincident1598
coetaneal1614
coactivea1616
contemporal1621
synchronisticalc1624
coetanean1625
coetaneous1649
coinstantanean1652
synchronical1652
simultal1654
contemporary1656
contemporaneous1659
simultaneousa1660
coevous1660
synchronal1660
coexistent1662
implicit1662
synchronous1669
coexistinga1676
synchronistic1685
coeval1714
contemporany1721
synchronizinga1727
joint1765
coinstantaneous1768
consentaneous1775
coinciding1786
conterminating1805
synchronic1833
coincidental1845
parallel1859
homochronous1876
monochronic1905
co-occurring1951
co-occurrent1954
1805 G. S. Faber Diss. Prophecies (1806) I. 211 The end of these two conterminating periods.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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