coexistent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   existing at the same time or together with something else

   The theory treats the two impressions as coexistent rather than successive.

2. 2
   noun

   a thing or being that exists at the same time as another

   Each organism is a coexistent within the larger ecosystem.

Formed from co- + existent. Existent derives from Latin existere, 'to emerge or exist'; the prefix co- adds the sense 'together.'

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