co-exist

A form of coexist — To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

Meanings

verbco-exist (third-person singular simple present co-exists, present participle co-existing, simple past and past participle co-existed)

present singular third person co-exists · participle present co-existing · participle past co-existed · past co-existed

  1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of coexist.

    Learning to co-exist with this new virus, and then to eventually defeat it, is sorely testing the character and determination of humanity as a whole.

    2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 42
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APA

co-exist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-exist

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “co-exist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-exist.

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