coincidence
pronunciation
How to pronounce coincidence in British English:
UK [kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns]
How to pronounce coincidence in American English:
US [koʊˈɪnsɪdəns]
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- Noun:
- an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
- the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
Word Origin
- coincidence (n.)
- c. 1600, "exact correspondence in substance or nature," from French coincidence, from coincider, from Medieval Latin coincidere (see coincide). From 1640s as "occurrence or existence during the same time." Meaning "a concurrence of events with no apparent connection" is from 1680s, perhaps first in writings of Sir Thomas Browne.
Example
- 1. Treasurys slipped but it seemed to be a coincidence .
- 2. If the truth serves these ends , it is merely a coincidence .
- 3. This may all be coincidence .
- 4. Mere coincidence or something deeper ?
- 5. Some say this is no coincidence .