coincide
UK/ˌkəʊɪnˈsaɪd//ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/
coincide verb: to occupy exactly the same space.
Verb
coincide (third-person singular simple present coincides, present participle coinciding, simple past and past participle coincided)
- To occupy exactly the same space.
- The two squares coincide nicely.
- To occur at the same time.
- The conference will coincide with his vacation.
- The last train ran on December 31, 1932, almost unnoticed, for it coincided with the running of the last steam passenger train down the main line from London to Brighton, a much more momentous event.1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 835
- Synonyms:
- concur
- To correspond, concur, or agree.
- Our ideas coincide, except in certain areas.
coincide meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
coincide in Tamil
- இணங்கு, ஒன்றுபடு, ஒழுங்கு நிகழ், ஒன்றுகின்ற, ஒன்றுபடுத்தல், பொருந்துதல்
coincide in Urdu
- coincide, jibe
- اتفاق ہونا ittifāq honā
coincide in Bengali
- সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ হওয়া
coincide in Malayalam
- ഏകകാലത്തിൽ സംഭവിക്കുക, ഏക സ്ഥലത്തായിരിക്കുക, യോജിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- coincide in Kannada
- ಒಂದಾಗಿರು, ಒಂದಗಿರು, ಸಮನಾಗಿರು
- coincide in Tagalog
- magkataon
- coincide in Arabic
- تَزَامَنَ tazāmana
- coincide in Thai
- สอดคล้อง sɔ̀ɔt-klɔ́ɔng
Examples of coincide in a sentence
- The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
- The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
- The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history.
Synonyms of coincide
Forms of coincide
| third-person singular present | coincides |
|---|---|
| present participle | coinciding |
| past participle | coincided |
| past | coincided |
Origin of coincide
From French coïncider, from Medieval Latin coincidere, from con- + incidere, from in- (“into, to”) + cadere (“to fall, fall down, drop”).
Words formed from coincide
Words that rhyme with coincide
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about coincide
- What does coincide mean?
- Coincide means to occupy exactly the same space.
- What is coincide in Tamil?
- Coincide in Tamil is இணங்கு, ஒன்றுபடு, ஒழுங்கு நிகழ். See Coincide meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is coincide?
- Coincide is a verb.
- How do you pronounce coincide?
- Coincide is pronounced /ˌkəʊɪnˈsaɪd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of coincide?
- The past tense of coincide is coincided.
Words near coincide in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coincide (page history and authors); coincide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اتفاق ہونا (Urdu) (page history and authors); coincide (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coincide (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coincide (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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