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co·in·ci·dence
(kō-ĭn′sĭ-dəns, -dĕns′)n.
1. The state or fact of occupying the same relative position or area in space.
2. A sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned or arranged.
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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. (Electronics) (modifier) electronics 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. Compare anticoincidence
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co•in•ci•dence
(koʊˈɪn sɪ dəns)n.
1. a striking occurrence by mere chance of two or more events at one time: Our meeting was pure coincidence.
2. the act, fact, or condition of coinciding.
[1595–1605]
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| Noun | 1. | coincidence - an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental chance event, fortuity, accident, stroke - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" |
| 2. | coincidence - the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs" spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" | |
| 3. | coincidence - the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" simultaneity, simultaneousness - happening or existing or done at the same time concomitance - occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another overlap - the property of partial coincidence in time contemporaneity, contemporaneousness - the quality of belonging to the same period of time unison - occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in unison" |
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coincidence
noun chance, accident, luck, fluke, eventuality, stroke of luck, happy accident, fortuity By an amazing coincidence, their sons were all born on the same day.
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Translations
shodashoda okolností
sammentræftilfælde
yhteensattuma
צירוף-מקרים
podudarnost
tilviljun
事が同時に起こること
동시 발생
sutapimas
naključjepo naključju
tillfällighet
ความสอดคล้องต้องกัน
trùng hợp ngẫu nhiên
coincidence
[kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns] N → coincidencia f, casualidad fwhat a coincidence! → ¡qué coincidencia!, ¡qué casualidad!
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coincidence
n
→ Zufall m, → Fügung f (geh); what a coincidence! → welch ein Zufall!; it is no coincidence that … → es ist kein Zufall, dass …, es ist nicht von ungefähr, dass …
(= occurring or coming together, in time) → Zusammentreffen nt; (in place) → Zusammenfall m; (= agreement) → Übereinstimmung f
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coincide
(kouinˈsaid) verb1. to occupy (often by accident) the same space or time. Her arrival coincided with his departure.
2. to agree. This coincides with what he told us; Their tastes in music coincide.
coincidence (kouˈinsidəns) noun (an) accidental happening of one event at the same time as another. By a strange coincidence we were both on the same train.
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coincidence
→ تَزَامُن shoda okolností sammentræf Zufall σύμπτωση casualidad yhteensattuma coïncidence podudarnost coincidenza 事が同時に起こること 동시 발생 toeval sammentreff zbieg okoliczności coincidência совпадение tillfällighet ความสอดคล้องต้องกัน rastlantı trùng hợp ngẫu nhiên 巧合Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
coincidence
n. coincidencia;
by ___ → por casualidad.
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