| 单词 | coterminous |
| 释义 | coterminous (once / 104596 pages) adj Use the word coterminous to describe things that are equal in scope. If an earthquake in Australia was coterminous with the earthquake in China, that means it caused the same amount of destruction. The adjective coterminous derives from the Latin word conterminus, meaning "bordering upon, having a common boundary." When something is coterminous, it has the same boundaries, or is of equal extent or length of time as something else. The expansion of the American Old West was coterminous with the expansion of the Great American Frontier. Your mayor's term in office might be conterminous with increased access to social services. WORD FAMILYcoterminous USAGE EXAMPLESYes, our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan left fewer resources for nation-building at home, but the two realms are not coterminous. Washington Post(Nov 02, 2014) It has spread from the grassroots up, from Berners-Lee's desktop to the world, has been coterminous with lots of other intolerable things. The Guardian(Aug 24, 2014) Chalmers points out that this type of reasoning depends on the notion that the human mind is coterminous with the brain. Slate(Mar 07, 2013) adj being of equal extent or scope or duration Syn coextensive, conterminous commensurate corresponding in size or degree or extent |
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