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/koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ Listen

noun

Coincidence n.

The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.

The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement. "The very concurrence and coincidence of so many evidences... carries a great weight." "Those who discourse... of the nature of truth... affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Coincidence" Quotes from Famous Books

... meteors were observed to fall between the hours of five and six in the evening, at which time the wind freshened from the N.W. by N. in a very remarkable manner. On this occasion, as well as on the 12th of December, there appeared to be an evident coincidence between the occurrence of the meteors and the changes of ...

— Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage • William Edward Parry

... memory of Mr. Pelham with disrespect, mentions to his honour, that he "lived without abusing his power, and died poor." See Memoires, vol. i. p. 332. By this expression, says Coxe, the reader will be reminded of a curious coincidence in the concluding lines of the eulogium inscribed on the base of Mr. Pitt's statue, by his friend and pupil, the Right Honourable George Canning, "Dispensing, for more than twenty years, the favours of the crown, he lived without ostentation, ...

— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 2 • Horace Walpole

... far south. The farthest points where they have been reported are in the south of Algeria and Cyrene. But in Ahaggar! Think of it! It is true that this one is translated into Tifinar. But this peculiarity does not diminish the interest of the coincidence: it increases it." ...

— Atlantida • Pierre Benoit

... The coincidence of date would almost warrant a belief that this piece of imagery may have emanated from the same brain and been executed by the same hands as are accountable for the two which we have seen seven miles away, but the workmanship is really not in the least alike, and I have learnt almost to discard ...

— In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious • W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent

... the principle 'wealth' as something distinct from the facts denoted by the man's being rich. It antedates them; the facts become only a sort of secondary coincidence with the ...

— Pragmatism - A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking • William James

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