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   Co·in·ci·dence

   /kōˈinsədns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection: "they met by coincidence" Similar accidentchanceserendipityfatea twist of fatedestinyfortuityfortuneprovidencefreakhazarda piece of good fortune(a bit of) luck(a bit of) good lucka flukea happy chancehappenstance
   • 2. correspondence in nature or in time of occurrence: "the coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians" Similar co-occurrencecoexistenceconjunctionsimultaneitysimultaneousnesscontemporaneitycontemporaneousnessconcomitancesynchronicitysynchronyclashconflictcorrespondenceagreementaccordconcurrencematchfitconsistencyconformityharmonycompatibilitydovetailingcorrelationparallelismsimilaritylikeness
   • 3. the presence of ionizing particles or other objects in two or more detectors simultaneously, or of two or more signals simultaneously in a circuit.

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘occupation of the same space’): from medieval Latin coincidentia, from coincidere ‘coincide, agree’ (see coincide).

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   What does coincidence mean?

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   What does pure coincidence mean?

   • n. 1. a striking occurrence by mere chance of two or more events at one time: Our meeting was pure coincidence. 2. the act, fact, or condition of coinciding. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

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   Is it a coincidence if two things happen at the same time?

   • [countable, uncountable] the fact of two things happening at the same time by chance, in a surprising way What a coincidence! I wasn't expecting to see you here. It's not a coincidence that none of the directors are women (= it did not happen by chance). By (sheer) coincidence, I met the person we’d been discussing the next day.

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   Are coincidences a chance event?

   • "Coincidence may be described as the chance encounter of two unrelated causal chains which-miraculously, it seems—merge into a significant event." - Arthur Koestler. 16. "But I don't believe coincidences are chance events. I think they're the times we happen to see the mysterious pattern connecting everything." - Julie Gittus. 17. "Chance.

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   noun. a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance: Our meeting in Venice was pure coincidence. Synonyms: fate, luck, accident. the condition or fact of coinciding. an instance of this. coincidence. / kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns /.

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   A coincidence is something that's not planned or arranged but seems like it is. Technically, a coincidence is an occurrence of events that happen at the same time by total accident––like you and a kid from your class at school both visit the Grand Canyon on the same day.

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    Coincidence is an accidental happening of two or more events at the same time or place, or a sequence of events that seems to have been planned or arranged. Find synonyms, translations, and usage examples of coincidence from various sources.