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Coincidence

//kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the temporal property of two things happening at the same time wordnet
  3. 3
    Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none. countable, uncountable

    "That the two writers were born and died on the same day is just a coincidence, although there are many conspiracy theories about it."

  4. 4
    the quality of occupying the same position or area in space wordnet
  5. 5
    A coincidence point. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental wordnet
  2. 7
    A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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