coincide

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb go with, fall together
  2. verb happen simultaneously
  3. verb be the same

Etymology

From French coïncider, from Medieval Latin coincidere, from con- + incidere, from in- (“into, to”) + cadere (“to fall, fall down, drop”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

co-occur, cooccur

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