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coincidence
[ koh-in-si-duhns ]
noun
- a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance:
Our meeting in Venice was pure coincidence.
- the condition or fact of coinciding.
- an instance of this.
coincidence
/ kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns /
noun
- a chance occurrence of events remarkable either for being simultaneous or for apparently being connected
- the fact, condition, or state of coinciding
- See anticoincidencemodifier electronics of or relating to a circuit that produces an output pulse only when both its input terminals receive pulses within a specified interval Compare anticoincidence
coincidence gate
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Other Words From
- nonco·inci·dence noun
- preco·inci·dence noun
- super·co·inci·dence noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coincidence1
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Example Sentences
In Colombia, it was perceived more like a coincidence or perhaps even an opportunistic play by the FARC.
By a sad coincidence, one of these heroes, John Michael Doar, died that same day from congestive heart failure.
In a strange coincidence, the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything opened the same weekend as Interstellar.
Is this just coincidence, or has something changed in the cultural dialogue?
His last line was, “Barbara Jean Kralik was not killed by coincidence!”
When the ship tossed in an unusually rough crossing he was prepared to admit to himself that it was an uncanny coincidence.
But, having summarised them, we also become aware of a very curious coincidence.
The door flew open, so that the princess receded, frightened in spite of herself by the odd coincidence.
"It is only a chance resemblance, of course—a mere coincidence," she replied, in a tone of uneasiness.
Do not wish to suggest anything wrong; but coincidence at least remarkable.
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