verb
- to extend over the same space, area, or time as something else; to have equal extent or duration
Usage: formal; often used in philosophical, logical, or technical contexts
Examples
- The boundaries of the two territories coextend along the river.
- In logic, two concepts coextend when they apply to exactly the same set of objects.
- The jurisdiction of the federal court coextends with the state's borders.
- The artist's career and the museum's founding year coextend.
- These two philosophical principles coextend in their application to ethics.