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coterminous Definition

co·ter·mi·nous (kō tʉrmə nəs)

adjective

conterminous

coterminous Related Forms
co·ter·mi·nously adverb
coterminous Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • boundary: The Government has decided to organize The CPS into 42 Areas which are coterminous with police force boundaries.
  • authority: There will be fewer PCTs: probably no more than 150, broadly coterminous with Local Authorities.
  • province: All subregions are coterminous with the provinces of the same names.
  • government: Their boundaries should be coterminous with relevant local government and health authority boundaries.

Modifies a noun

  • boundary: The Guidance quite properly emphasizes the importance of coterminous boundaries for agencies working in partnership.
  • certificate: You may apply for a coterminous certificate, the meaning of which is explained at 21b on the application form.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Those bids are not coterminous with bids for assisted area status, but the core criteria are, in many cases, coupled.
  • broadly: There will be fewer PCTs: probably no more than 150, broadly coterminous with Local Authorities.
  • necessarily: The complexity of this governmental maze is increased by the fact that the borders of the various bodies are not necessarily coterminous.
  • roughly: A short while later it arrived in the UK, only to pale into woeful insignificance alongside the roughly coterminous Battle of the Planets.
  • largely: It is therefore arguable that urban structure is largely coterminous with the movement network.

Used with adjective complement

  • make: They need to remember that the kingdom of God cannot be made coterminous with any one political party.

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