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Can the word “coexist” be used for more than two things/people/subjects/… etc?
Word for people who buy things because they are more expensive/ for the brandWhat is a word for comparing two things but suggesting one is better than the other?Is there a single word for combining two things for enhanced synergy?What word means “things that can't coexist togther”?When there stand two things, we call they stand “in parallel,” what do you call three or more things stand “in triangle”?Words for movie/book/etc series with more than four items?Can two people have a consensus?Can “either” coordinate more than two alternatives?Can the word “paired” be used when describing more than two objects?Can a pairing exist of more than two items?
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Can the word "coexist" be used for more than two things/people/subjects/... etc?
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The three communities complement each other and it will be marvelous to coexist side by side.
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Can the word "coexist" be used for more than two things/people/subjects/... etc?
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The three communities complement each other and it will be marvelous to coexist side by side.
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To me, the "side by side" seems more jarring than the "coexist". Many things can coexist, but I feel only two things can be side by side. That may just be me, though.
– oerkelens
Jul 1 at 7:11
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@oerkelens The group of one hundred people linked arms and stood side by side in a line that stretched down the block.
– Jason Bassford
Jul 1 at 7:20
The prefix co means : "Together; joint; jointly; mutually: coeducation." ... "with or together, as in co-exist." – TFD - I think the historical use of words like coeducation are tripping you up; there's more than two genders but the word still applies.
– Mazura
Jul 1 at 21:59
@JasonBassford I wouldn't say your example is an example of how "side by side" can be used for multiple things. What oerkelens was talking about was if the was a big bunch of something, described as being "side by side". Whilst your example is a line of a hundred people, respectively standing side by side.
– A. Kvåle
Jul 1 at 22:19
> di 1 a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double” (diphthong); on this model, freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide). – dictionary.com
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To me, the "side by side" seems more jarring than the "coexist". Many things can coexist, but I feel only two things can be side by side. That may just be me, though.
– oerkelens
Jul 1 at 7:11
3
@oerkelens The group of one hundred people linked arms and stood side by side in a line that stretched down the block.
– Jason Bassford
Jul 1 at 7:20
The prefix co means : "Together; joint; jointly; mutually: coeducation." ... "with or together, as in co-exist." – TFD - I think the historical use of words like coeducation are tripping you up; there's more than two genders but the word still applies.
– Mazura
Jul 1 at 21:59
@JasonBassford I wouldn't say your example is an example of how "side by side" can be used for multiple things. What oerkelens was talking about was if the was a big bunch of something, described as being "side by side". Whilst your example is a line of a hundred people, respectively standing side by side.
– A. Kvåle
Jul 1 at 22:19
> di 1 a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double” (diphthong); on this model, freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide). – dictionary.com
– Mazura
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To me, the "side by side" seems more jarring than the "coexist". Many things can coexist, but I feel only two things can be side by side. That may just be me, though.
– oerkelens
Jul 1 at 7:11
3
@oerkelens The group of one hundred people linked arms and stood side by side in a line that stretched down the block.
– Jason Bassford
Jul 1 at 7:20
The prefix co means : "Together; joint; jointly; mutually: coeducation." ... "with or together, as in co-exist." – TFD - I think the historical use of words like coeducation are tripping you up; there's more than two genders but the word still applies.
– Mazura
Jul 1 at 21:59
@JasonBassford I wouldn't say your example is an example of how "side by side" can be used for multiple things. What oerkelens was talking about was if the was a big bunch of something, described as being "side by side". Whilst your example is a line of a hundred people, respectively standing side by side.
– A. Kvåle
Jul 1 at 22:19
> di 1 a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double” (diphthong); on this model, freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide). – dictionary.com
– Mazura
Jul 2 at 1:19
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To me, the "side by side" seems more jarring than the "coexist". Many things can coexist, but I feel only two things can be side by side. That may just be me, though.
– oerkelens
Jul 1 at 7:11
To me, the "side by side" seems more jarring than the "coexist". Many things can coexist, but I feel only two things can be side by side. That may just be me, though.
– oerkelens
Jul 1 at 7:11
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3
@oerkelens The group of one hundred people linked arms and stood side by side in a line that stretched down the block.
– Jason Bassford
Jul 1 at 7:20
@oerkelens The group of one hundred people linked arms and stood side by side in a line that stretched down the block.
– Jason Bassford
Jul 1 at 7:20
The prefix co means : "Together; joint; jointly; mutually: coeducation." ... "with or together, as in co-exist." – TFD - I think the historical use of words like coeducation are tripping you up; there's more than two genders but the word still applies.
– Mazura
Jul 1 at 21:59
The prefix co means : "Together; joint; jointly; mutually: coeducation." ... "with or together, as in co-exist." – TFD - I think the historical use of words like coeducation are tripping you up; there's more than two genders but the word still applies.
– Mazura
Jul 1 at 21:59
@JasonBassford I wouldn't say your example is an example of how "side by side" can be used for multiple things. What oerkelens was talking about was if the was a big bunch of something, described as being "side by side". Whilst your example is a line of a hundred people, respectively standing side by side.
– A. Kvåle
Jul 1 at 22:19
@JasonBassford I wouldn't say your example is an example of how "side by side" can be used for multiple things. What oerkelens was talking about was if the was a big bunch of something, described as being "side by side". Whilst your example is a line of a hundred people, respectively standing side by side.
– A. Kvåle
Jul 1 at 22:19
> di 1 a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double” (diphthong); on this model, freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide). – dictionary.com
– Mazura
Jul 2 at 1:19
> di 1 a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double” (diphthong); on this model, freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide). – dictionary.com
– Mazura
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Yes, the definition does not impose any limits on this:
Exist at the same time or in the same place.
(source: Lexico)
and there are some example sentences there as well which imply more than two subjects:
- Modern Western medical practices coexist with traditional healing methods and the use of medicinal plants.
- Nobody has convincingly explained how the birds, bees, flowers and hares of the uplands can coexist with a new influx of humans.
- Amazon plants, evergreen pines, basil and other strange flora coexisted in perfect harmony.
answered Jul 1 at 6:51
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In your first two examples, I interpret it as two things coexisting, but one of them is a collective. But the third example supports your thesis.
– Barmar
Jul 1 at 15:57
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From wikitionary:
coexistence (countable and uncountable, plural coexistences):
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a
temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
So yes, more than 2 subjects can coexist together.
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Yes, the definition does not impose any limits on this:
Exist at the same time or in the same place.
(source: Lexico)
and there are some example sentences there as well which imply more than two subjects:
- Modern Western medical practices coexist with traditional healing methods and the use of medicinal plants.
- Nobody has convincingly explained how the birds, bees, flowers and hares of the uplands can coexist with a new influx of humans.
- Amazon plants, evergreen pines, basil and other strange flora coexisted in perfect harmony.
answered Jul 1 at 6:51
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In your first two examples, I interpret it as two things coexisting, but one of them is a collective. But the third example supports your thesis.
– Barmar
Jul 1 at 15:57
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Yes, the definition does not impose any limits on this:
Exist at the same time or in the same place.
(source: Lexico)
and there are some example sentences there as well which imply more than two subjects:
- Modern Western medical practices coexist with traditional healing methods and the use of medicinal plants.
- Nobody has convincingly explained how the birds, bees, flowers and hares of the uplands can coexist with a new influx of humans.
- Amazon plants, evergreen pines, basil and other strange flora coexisted in perfect harmony.
answered Jul 1 at 6:51
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In your first two examples, I interpret it as two things coexisting, but one of them is a collective. But the third example supports your thesis.
– Barmar
Jul 1 at 15:57
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Yes, the definition does not impose any limits on this:
Exist at the same time or in the same place.
(source: Lexico)
and there are some example sentences there as well which imply more than two subjects:
- Modern Western medical practices coexist with traditional healing methods and the use of medicinal plants.
- Nobody has convincingly explained how the birds, bees, flowers and hares of the uplands can coexist with a new influx of humans.
- Amazon plants, evergreen pines, basil and other strange flora coexisted in perfect harmony.
answered Jul 1 at 6:51
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Yes, the definition does not impose any limits on this:
Exist at the same time or in the same place.
(source: Lexico)
and there are some example sentences there as well which imply more than two subjects:
- Modern Western medical practices coexist with traditional healing methods and the use of medicinal plants.
- Nobody has convincingly explained how the birds, bees, flowers and hares of the uplands can coexist with a new influx of humans.
- Amazon plants, evergreen pines, basil and other strange flora coexisted in perfect harmony.
answered Jul 1 at 6:51
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In your first two examples, I interpret it as two things coexisting, but one of them is a collective. But the third example supports your thesis.
– Barmar
Jul 1 at 15:57
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In your first two examples, I interpret it as two things coexisting, but one of them is a collective. But the third example supports your thesis.
– Barmar
Jul 1 at 15:57
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In your first two examples, I interpret it as two things coexisting, but one of them is a collective. But the third example supports your thesis.
– Barmar
Jul 1 at 15:57
In your first two examples, I interpret it as two things coexisting, but one of them is a collective. But the third example supports your thesis.
– Barmar
Jul 1 at 15:57
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From wikitionary:
coexistence (countable and uncountable, plural coexistences):
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a
temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
So yes, more than 2 subjects can coexist together.
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From wikitionary:
coexistence (countable and uncountable, plural coexistences):
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a
temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
So yes, more than 2 subjects can coexist together.
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From wikitionary:
coexistence (countable and uncountable, plural coexistences):
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a
temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
So yes, more than 2 subjects can coexist together.
answered Jul 1 at 7:33
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From wikitionary:
coexistence (countable and uncountable, plural coexistences):
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a
temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
So yes, more than 2 subjects can coexist together.
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To me, the "side by side" seems more jarring than the "coexist". Many things can coexist, but I feel only two things can be side by side. That may just be me, though.
– oerkelens
Jul 1 at 7:11
3
@oerkelens The group of one hundred people linked arms and stood side by side in a line that stretched down the block.
– Jason Bassford
Jul 1 at 7:20
The prefix co means : "Together; joint; jointly; mutually: coeducation." ... "with or together, as in co-exist." – TFD - I think the historical use of words like coeducation are tripping you up; there's more than two genders but the word still applies.
– Mazura
Jul 1 at 21:59
@JasonBassford I wouldn't say your example is an example of how "side by side" can be used for multiple things. What oerkelens was talking about was if the was a big bunch of something, described as being "side by side". Whilst your example is a line of a hundred people, respectively standing side by side.
– A. Kvåle
Jul 1 at 22:19
> di 1 a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double” (diphthong); on this model, freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide). – dictionary.com
– Mazura
Jul 2 at 1:19