English Explanatory Dictionary

coincidence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.
Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.
A coincidence point.
A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.

Pronunciation

/kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ /koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ en-us-coincidence.ogg /kəʉˈɪnsɪdəns/

Word forms

coincidence coincidences coïncidence coincidency quincidence

Etymology

From Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence.

Synonyms

synchronicity concurrentness coincidence point

Related words

coincide coincident coincidental coincidentally

Derived words

anthropic coincidence anticoincidence cohencidence cohencidental coincidence method coincidence point coincidence technique coincidence theorist coincidence theory coinkydink divine coincidence incoincidence index of coincidence Lefschetz coincidence theorem noncoincidence

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