Meaning of the word coeval in English
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coeval
US /koʊˈiː.vəl/
UK /kəʊˈiː.vəl/
Adjective
of the same age or date of origin; contemporary
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The discovery of ancient artifacts suggests that these civilizations were coeval.
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His philosophical ideas were coeval with the Enlightenment.
Noun
a person or thing of the same age or date of origin as another
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He considered Shakespeare his literary coeval, despite the centuries separating them.
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The fossil was a coeval of the dinosaurs.