| 单词 | coeval |
| 释义 | coeval (once / 9817 pages) adjn When two things live or happen during the same period of time, they are coeval. If you annotate an old poem, the annotations and the text of the poem are not coeval. The word coeval comes from the Latin co- "jointly" or "in common" and aevum "age." The beginning of Major League Baseball is coeval with the invention of the telephone. People can be coeval, though more often you'll hear contemporary used to describe people who are about the same age. You and your contemporaries probably view the world a lot differently than your grandparents' generation. WORD FAMILYcoeval: coevally, coevals USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Weiss has traveled to the Caribbean for the calm company of his coevals. Wall Street Journal(Feb 01, 2016) His coevals often mastered this esoteric habit as part of the university social experience. New York Times(Dec 12, 2014) We reiterate that geological observations do not require Grand Canyon carving coeval with Colorado River integration. Science Magazine(Apr 18, 2013) 1adj of the same period Syn coetaneous, contemporaneous synchronal, synchronic, synchronous occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase 2n a person of nearly the same age as another Syn|Hyper contemporary compeer, equal, match, peer a person who is of equal standing with another in a group |
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