coincidence

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
  2. noun the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
  3. noun the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

Etymology

From Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence.

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Synonyms

happenstance

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