Coincidence (Noun)
Meaning 1
An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- It was just a coincidence that we happened to run into each other at the same conference on the other side of the world.
- Her running into her old flame in a small town in Europe seemed like an unlikely coincidence, but they didn't suspect anything untoward.
- The company's financial troubles being announced on the same day as the CFO's sudden resignation was dismissed as a coincidence by the board of directors.
- It was described as a strange coincidence by the investigators that the warehouse fire occurred on the same day the insurance policy was updated to include arson coverage.
- When the same rare medical condition was diagnosed in two siblings within weeks of each other, some people thought it was more than just a coincidence.
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Meaning 2
The quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 3
The temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.