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(koʊɪnsɪdəns)
Word forms: plural coincidences
variable noun
A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance andwithout any planning.
Mr. Berry said the timing was a coincidence and that his decision was unrelated toMr. Roman's departure.
...a string of amazing coincidences.
The premises of Chabert and Sons were situated by the river and, by coincidence,not too far away from where Eric Talbot had met his death.
Synonyms: chance, accident, luck, fluke More Synonyms of coincidence
More Synonyms of coincidence

coincidence in British English

(kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns)
noun
1. 
a chance occurrence of events remarkable either for being simultaneous or for apparently being connected
2. 
the fact, condition, or state of coinciding
3. (modifier) electronics
of or relating to a circuit that produces an output pulse only when both its input terminals receive pulses within a specified interval
coincidence gate
Compare anticoincidence

coincidence in American English

(koʊˈɪnsədəns)
noun
1. 
the fact or condition of coinciding
2. 
an accidental and remarkable occurrence of events or ideas at the same time, suggesting but lacking a causal relationship
Word origin
Fr < ML coincidentia

COBUILD Collocations
coincidence

curious coincidence
mere coincidence
pure coincidence
sheer coincidence
strange coincidence

Examples of 'coincidence' in a sentence
coincidence

It must be a happy coincidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Also, one ex is bad luck, two is a coincidence.
The Sun (2016)
The fact that she was an old friend was such an amazing coincidence.
The Sun (2008)
The coincidence of these two buildings being selected for this architectural prize is significant.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The programme should provide some fireworks but its timing is no coincidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was at this point that a curious coincidence occurred.
Martin Allen THE HITLER-HESS DECEPTION (2003)
Two lonely souls brought together by happy coincidence?
The Sun (2012)
That he got there at all was the result of either an amazing coincidence or foul play.
Paul Preston The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
One new museum in a city is a happy incident and two a coincidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Of course the timing is no coincidence.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
It is said that two is a coincidence and three is a trend.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He added that he did not think that this timing was a coincidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And this is no happy coincidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It's a coincidence far too elegant to be entirely arbitrary.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He composed using chance, coincidence and idiosyncratic connections.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He's worried it was just a coincidence the first time.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And the amazing coincidences didn't end there.
The Sun (2012)
The enormity of what he was about to do had struck home, surely reinforced by two coincidences.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It said the timing was a coincidence, but those who stayed loyal now want to cash in.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is one of those happy coincidences that it happened to occur at the same time as the global rediscovery of what they call burlesque.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Her career is a thread of happy coincidences and social networking, before that became something people did alone and online.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The timing is no coincidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A coincidence too far, we think.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
By one of those amazing coincidences, the England rugby union team also won a match the other day.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As I understand it, we have the most amazing series of coincidences to thank for our existence.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
coincidence

British English: coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ NOUN
A coincidence happens when two or more things occur at the same time by chance.
We are both, by coincidence, wearing red sweaters.
  • American English: coincidence
  • Arabic: تَزَامُن
  • Brazilian Portuguese: coincidência
  • Chinese: 巧合
  • Croatian: podudarnost
  • Czech: shoda okolností
  • Danish: sammentræf
  • Dutch: toeval gebeurtenis
  • European Spanish: casualidad
  • Finnish: yhteensattuma
  • French: coïncidence
  • German: Zufall
  • Greek: σύμπτωση
  • Italian: coincidenza
  • Japanese: 事が同時に起こること
  • Korean: 동시 발생
  • Norwegian: sammentreff
  • Polish: zbieg okoliczności
  • European Portuguese: coincidência
  • Romanian: coincidență
  • Russian: совпадение
  • Latin American Spanish: casualidad
  • Swedish: tillfällighet
  • Thai: ความสอดคล้องต้องกัน
  • Turkish: rastlantı
  • Ukrainian: збіг
  • Vietnamese: trùng hợp ngẫu nhiên

All related terms of 'coincidence'

mere coincidence
A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning.
pure coincidence
A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning .
sheer coincidence
A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning .
curious coincidence
A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning.
strange coincidence
A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning.

Chinese translation of 'coincidence'

coincidence

(kəuˈɪnsɪdəns)

n (c/u)

  1. 巧合 (qiǎohé) (种(種), zhǒng)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a chance occurrence of simultaneous or apparently connected events
By an amazing coincidence, their sons were all born on the same day.
Synonyms
chance
I met him quite by chance.
accident
She discovered the problem by accident.
luck
The goal owed more to luck than good planning.
fluke
The discovery was something of a fluke.
eventuality
When you go on holiday, try to be prepared for every eventuality.
stroke of luck
happy accident
fortuity
2 (noun) 
Definition
a coinciding
Synonyms
coinciding
conjunction
This is due to a conjunction of religious and social factors.
correspondence
correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity
correlation
There is a correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
concurrence
synchronism
concomitance

Additional synonyms

in the sense of accident
Definition
an unforeseen event or one without apparent cause
She discovered the problem by accident.
Synonyms
chance,
fortune,
luck,
fate,
hazard,
coincidence,
fluke,
fortuity
in the sense of conjunction
Definition
a word or group of words that connects words, phrases, or clauses
This is due to a conjunction of religious and social factors.
Synonyms
combination,
union,
joining,
association,
coincidence,
juxtaposition,
concurrence
in the sense of correlation
There is a correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
Synonyms
correspondence,
link,
relation,
connection,
equivalence,
interrelationship

Synonyms of 'coincidence'

coincidence

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