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noun
1.
a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance: Our meeting in Venice was pure coincidence.
2.
the condition or fact of coinciding.
3.
an instance of this.
Related forms
non·co·in·ci·dence, noun
pre·co·in·ci·dence, noun
su·per·co·in·ci·dence, noun
Synonyms
1. accident, luck, fate.
1. accident, luck, fate.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| coincidence (kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a chance occurrence of events remarkable either for being simultaneous or for apparently being connected |
| 2. | the fact, condition, or state of coinciding |
| 3. | (modifier) electronics Compare anticoincidence of or relating to a circuit that produces an output pulse only when both its input terminals receive pulses within a specified interval: coincidence gate |
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Word Origin & History
coincidence
1605, "exact correspondence," from Fr. coincidence, from coincider (see coincide). Meaning "a concurrence of events with no apparent connection" is from 1680s.
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