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coincidence

1 of 1noun
/koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
Forms:coincidences
1

a situation in which two things happen simultaneously by chance that is considered unusual

  • It was a strange coincidence that they both wore the same outfit to the party.
  • By coincidence, they ended up on the same flight to Paris.
  • The timing of their phone calls was purely a coincidence.
  • Running into her old friend at the mall was an unexpected coincidence.
  • The similarity between their stories seemed more than just coincidence.
Synonyms:
2

the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

3

the condition of being exactly in the same location