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coincidence English

Meaning coincidence meaning

What does coincidence mean?
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coincidence

A coincidence is when two things are in the same place or space, they coincide. The scientist studied the beam of electrons and timed examples of coincidence. A coincidence is when two things happen by chance, but it seems like it was really planned. It is a strange coincidence that William Shakepeare was born and died on 23 April.

coincidence

an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental the quality of occupying the same position or area in space he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs the temporal property of two things happening at the same time the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable

Synonyms coincidence synonyms

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Topics coincidence topics

What do people use coincidence to talk about?
  • What words refer to two things happening at the same time by chance?

Examples coincidence examples

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Simple sentences

What a happy coincidence!
What a coincidence!
It was sheer coincidence that Mary and I were on the same train.
I think it is a mere coincidence.
We met completely by coincidence.
I wonder if it really was a coincidence.
It wasn't a coincidence.
Is not a coincidence that all the stores closed earlier today.
It was just a coincidence.
It was no coincidence that both Tom and Mary were in the cafeteria at the same time.
That was just a coincidence.
It's not a coincidence.
That's not a coincidence.
Tom doesn't think this is a coincidence.
What an unfortunate coincidence!
This can't be a coincidence.
It's a coincidence.

Movie subtitles

Surely, this has to be more than a coincidence, right?
But the chance of everyone having the same name would be a coincidence too great.
Ah, it's purely coincidence.
Then I heard that by happy coincidence this space was available.
Don't you find it a hell of a coincidence that we show up there, they're gone, and now we can't get ahold of Reddington?
That's a coincidence.
A curious coincidence.
You call that a coincidence?
I think the police should be informed of this strange coincidence.
What a strange coincidence.
That was coincidence, I think.
Isn't that a coincidence. I'm here with my aunt too.
By a strange coincidence, I was thinking of you.
That's a pleasant coincidence.
It's no coincidence they're not letting you see your mom.
Fortunate coincidence.
What a great coincidence indeed.
Well, that's a coincidence.
Ain't that a coincidence?
Of course, it might be just a coincidence.
There's a curious coincidence.
It seems to be a terrific coincidence.
Dr. Steinberg, by a strange coincidence, this is another Dr. Steinberg.
I regret this coincidence.
What a lucky coincidence you came.
But a little coincidence will break your neck now.
A coincidence.
How do you do? That's a coincidence.
Why that's a peculiar coincidence. I'm bound there, too.
Well, this is quite a coincidence going abroad on the same boat.
What a delightful coincidence! A charming surprise!
Well, that is a coincidence.
An extraordinary coincidence, sir.
I'm that coincidence.
Quite a coincidence.

News and current affairs

It is no coincidence that terrorism thrives in societies that are intrinsically hostile to today's modernizing values and belief in individual autonomy.
Maybe it's no coincidence that Groucho Marx was an American citizen.
It is no coincidence that this new kind of bank run originated in the US, which is the clearest example of falling home prices in the world today.
It is no coincidence that historical episodes of unification of countries coincided with situations in which external threats or a common enemy created large benefits from centralizing defense and foreign policy.
Overtones of the 1930's are amplified, clearly exposing the Union's predicament, because of an odd coincidence: the Czech Republic now holds the EU's rotating presidency.
Greek politicians who still see the threat of financial contagion as their trump card should note the coincidence of the Greek election and the ECB's bond-buying program and draw the obvious conclusion.
This is no mere coincidence.
Is it just a coincidence that he was rich?
The fact that many family members, including Park Chung Hee's daughter, Geon-hye, support the conservative opposition party is surely no coincidence.
Just a coincidence?
This is no mere statistical error or lucky coincidence.
It is no coincidence that these countries now boast bold social programs that are dramatically reducing hunger among the poorest groups.
It is no coincidence that the Caribbean and Africa do not have a presence in these disciplines at the highest levels of competition.
For Wolfers, it is a coincidence that what earns him the most money, economics, is also what he most enjoys doing.
This is a fortunate coincidence, because shale-gas production would probably make it politically easier to phase out Poland's economically and environmentally irrational subsidies to local coal production (and consumption).
The importance of real estate in both films is no coincidence.
It is not a coincidence that its last two slowdowns followed closely on the heels of growth slumps in its two largest foreign markets, Europe and the United States.
So it is no coincidence that the US economy has a chronic current-account deficit.
LONDON - By coincidence, this is a busy year for round-number anniversaries for France's greatest leader since Napoleon.
It is no coincidence that much of Kenya's ongoing violence is occurring in the slums of its large cities.
It is not a coincidence that Benjamin Franklin had a background in printing and newspaper publishing.
Indeed, by coincidence, on the Sunday the young football fan was murdered in Moscow, Vladislav Surkov, the first deputy in President Dmitri Medvedev's administration, was meeting Michael McFaul of President Barack Obama's National Security Council.
In a remarkable coincidence of timing, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder called for early elections in the hope of energizing reform.

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