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Definition of coeval adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coeval

adjective
 
/kəʊˈiːvl/
 
/kəʊˈiːvl/
(formal)
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  1. coeval (with something) (of two or more things) being the same age or having the same date of origin
    • The industry is coeval with the construction of the first railways.
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (as a noun): from late Latin coaevus, from co- ‘jointly’ + Latin aevum ‘age’.
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