CO-EXIST | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of co-exist in English co-existverb [ I ] (also coexist) uk us Add to word list Add to word list to live or exist together at the same time or in the same place: In large cities rich and poor often coexist side by side.co-exist with sth/sb Internet-based information systems often co-exist with EDI systems. (Definition of co-exist from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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co-exist It involves holding differences in tension and allowing multiple and differing perspectives to co-exist. From the Cambridge English Corpus Finally, it is easier now to suggest why multiple objectives co-exist in the work of many agencies. From the Cambridge English Corpus It could be argued that in warmer, wetter climes, an increase in resource availability enabled both taxa to co-exist. From the Cambridge English Corpus Despite this supposed distance, however, the two might co-exist in the same culture. From the Cambridge English Corpus The model is based on the assumption that solid segregated wax and dissolved wax co-exist only at saturation and no super-saturation can occur. From the Cambridge English Corpus Substantial shades are evident about the ways in which participation by outlets of organized civil society co-exist with representative democracy. From the Cambridge English Corpus By this means, it was possible for contradictory influences, values and resources to co-exist. From the Cambridge English Corpus Prebendalism and corporatism can co-exist in a single economy. From the Cambridge English Corpus The inquiry into an emerging 'regional' architecture can co-exist as both an academic pursuit and a quest of practice. From the Cambridge English Corpus These different and equally well-founded ' thought-styles' can co-exist. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is necessary also to be aware that several different versions of chant might co-exist in a number of major centres. From the Cambridge English Corpus As such, they may often co-exist in the two languages of a bilingual individual. From the Cambridge English Corpus Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain tolerance, which might co-exist to ensure compensatory mechanisms when one of them is absent. From the Cambridge English Corpus Both instabilities might co-exist at the same time in non-uniform and incompletely neutralized beams. From the Cambridge English Corpus These particular responses, then, appeared to co-exist with more formalized interpretations of the work, serving to inform a phenomenological experiencing of the work. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of co-exist These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of co-exist?

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