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coincidence

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co·in·ci·dence  (k-ns-dns, -dns)
n.
1. The state or fact of occupying the same relative position or area in space.
2. A sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned or arranged.

coincidence
Noun
1. a chance occurrence of simultaneous or apparently connected events
2. a coinciding
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.coincidence - an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
chance event, fortuity, accident, stroke - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
2.coincidence - the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"
spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
3.coincidence - the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
simultaneity, simultaneousness - happening or existing or done at the same time
concomitance - occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another
overlap - the property of partial coincidence in time
contemporaneity, contemporaneousness - the quality of belonging to the same period of time
unison - occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in unison"

coincidence
noun chance, accident, luck, fluke, eventuality, stroke of luck, happy accident, fortuity
Translations
Spanish coincidence [kəuˈɪnsɪdəns] ncasualidad f; coincidencia
French coincidence [kəuˈɪnsɪdəns] coincide ncoïncidence f
German coincidence [kəuˈɪnsɪdəns] coincide nZufall m
Italian coincidence [kəuˈɪnsɪdəns] ncombinazione f

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The word wind, in this passage, suggested to the minds of some, who afterwards gave an account of this meeting, a coincidence which might, in the spirit of the times, be construed into a special appointment of Providence.
Then the Material Interest found a tongue, and by a strange coincidence it was its own tongue.
By a fortunate coincidence, Lady Janet's ball takes place in a fortnight.
 
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