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   Co·in·ci·dent

   /kōˈinsədnt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. occurring together in space or time: "an increasing specialization of discourse coincident with the progress of the Industrial Revolution" Similar concurrentcoincidingsimultaneouscontemporaneousconcomitantsynchronouscoincidentalcoexistentat the same time (as)
   • ▪ in agreement or harmony: "the stake of defense attorneys is not always coincident with that of their clients" Similar in agreementin harmonyin accordmatchingconsonantconsistentcompatiblereconcilablecongruentin conformityin stepin tunein balancein parallelthe sameOpposite incompatible

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from medieval Latin coincident- ‘coinciding’, from the verb coincidere (see coincide).

   Derivatives

   • 1. coincidently adverb

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