coterminous
coterminous
Definition
co·ter·mi·nous (kō tʉr′mə nəs)
adjective
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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