Coincidence
[kəʊ'ɪnsɪd(ə)ns] or [ko'ɪnsɪdəns]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; 'he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs'.
(noun.) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental.
Typist: Portia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.
(n.) The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
(n.) Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.
Editor: Olivia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Correspondence.[2]. Agreement, concurrence, consistency.
Checker: Walter
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Chance, fortuity, casualty, concurrence, correspondence, contemporaneousness,commensurateness, harmony, agreement, consent
ANT:Design, purpose, adaptation, synchronism, anachronism, disharmony,incommensurateness, discordance, variation, difference
Checker: Rene
Examples
- A coincidence! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- If he followed it by mere fortuitous coincidence, it was done by an evil chance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The coincidence of the ideal of progress with the advance of science is not a mere coincidence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And it is now well known that he attributes this coincidence to descent with modification. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It's a coincidence,' exclaimed Mrs. Sparsit, as she was released by the coachman. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It may, of course, be a coincidence, but it is interesting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I know Jackie will say, Here's a coincidence! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is true that my absence was for a temporary period only, but the coincidence was, in my opinion, not the less remarkable on that account. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is a remarkable coincidence that Watt's steam engine patent and Arkwright's first patent for his spinning machine were issued in the same year--1769. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The odds are enormous against its being coincidence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I remember as a coincidence that the building was only twenty feet wide. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Remarkable coincidence that 'ere, sir,' replied Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Dear me,' exclaimed Mr. Pickwick, quite staggered by the coincidence; 'what a very extraordinary thing! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- My dear Handel, Herbert would say to me, in all sincerity, if you will believe me, those very words were on my lips, by a strange coincidence. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Such is coincidence! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But the coincidences in the numbers which follow are in favour of the explanation. Plato. The Republic.
- Dear me,' said Mr. Magnus, 'I never knew anything like these extraordinary coincidences. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He didn't call it a particularly curious coincidence; most coincidences were curious. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It is natural for the mind to recall these dark coincidences on the present day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checker: Noelle