coincidence
UK/kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns//koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
coincidence noun: the property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place.
Noun
coincidence (countable and uncountable, plural coincidences)
- The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place.
- Synonyms:
- concurrentness
- The appearance of a meaningful connection between events when there is none.
- That the two writers were born and died on the same day is just a coincidence, although there are many conspiracy theories about it.
- It is sheer coincidence that the cartoon resembles the local politician.
- A coincidence point.
- Synonyms:
- coincidence point
- A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.
coincidence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
coincidence in Hindi
- state of events appearing to be connected when they are not
- संयोग sãyog, इत्तिफ़ाक़ ittifāq
coincidence in Tamil
- state of events appearing to be connected when they are not
- தற்செயல் taṟceyal
coincidence in Urdu
- state of events appearing to be connected when they are not
- اِتِّفاق ittifāq, تَصادُف tasāduf
coincidence in Bengali
- কাকতালীয় ঘটনা
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- coincidence in Telugu
- యాదృచ్చికం
- coincidence in Malayalam
- യാദൃച്ഛികം yādr̥cchikaṁ
- coincidence in Kannada
- ಕಾಕತಾಳೀಯತೆ, ತಾಳೆ, ಕಾಕತಾಳೀಯ, ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಘಟನೆ
- coincidence in Punjabi
- ਇਤਫ਼ਾਕ itafāk
- coincidence in Gujarati
- સંયોગ, એક સંયોગ
- coincidence in Nepali
- संयोग
- coincidence in Arabic
- صُدْفَة ṣudfa, مُصَادَفَة muṣādafa, تَصَادُف taṣāduf
- coincidence in Malay
- keadaan serentak, kebetulan
Examples of coincidence in a sentence
- England's funiculars mostly hug the coast, and this is no coincidence.
- It is no coincidence that the city’s tycoonocracy is being blamed for both betrayals.
- By a strange coincidence, Esmond Mills made a baby blanket that had Bunny's image printed on it.
Synonyms of coincidence
Forms of coincidence
| plural | coincidences |
|---|---|
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | quincidence |
| alternative form (dated, rare) | coïncidence |
| alternative form (dated) | coincidency |
Origin of coincidence
From Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence.
Words formed from coincidence
- 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
Phrases with coincidence
Questions about coincidence
- What does coincidence mean?
- Coincidence means the property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place.
- What is coincidence in Hindi?
- Coincidence in Hindi is संयोग (sãyog), इत्तिफ़ाक़ (ittifāq). See Coincidence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is coincidence?
- Coincidence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce coincidence?
- Coincidence is pronounced /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of coincidence?
- The plural of coincidence is coincidences.
Words near coincidence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coincidence (page history and authors); coincidence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coincidence (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); യാദൃച്ഛികം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); coincidence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਇਤਫ਼ਾਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); coincidence (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coincidence (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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