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co·in·cide

(kō′ĭn-sīd′)

intr.v. co·in·cid·ed, co·in·cid·ing, co·in·cides

1. To occupy the same relative position or the same area in space.

2. To happen at the same time or during the same period.

3. To correspond exactly; be identical. See Synonyms at correspond.

4. To agree exactly, as in opinion; concur.

[Medieval Latin coincidere : Latin co-, co- + Latin incidere, to occur; see incident.]

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coincide

(ˌkəʊɪnˈsaɪd)

vb (intr)

1. to occur or exist simultaneously

2. to be identical in nature, character, etc

3. to agree

[C18: from Medieval Latin coincidere, from Latin co- together + incidere to occur, befall, from cadere to fall]

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co•in•cide

(ˌkoʊ ɪnˈsaɪd)

v.i. -cid•ed, -cid•ing.

1. to occupy the same location or period in time: Our vacations coincided this year.

2. to correspond exactly, as in nature.

3. to concur: Our opinions coincide more often than not.

[1635–45; < Medieval Latin coincidere= Latin co- co- + incidere to befall; see incident]

coincide

Past participle: coincided
Gerund: coinciding

Imperative
coincide
coincide

Present
I coincide
you coincide
he/she/it coincides
we coincide
you coincide
they coincide

Preterite
I coincided
you coincided
he/she/it coincided
we coincided
you coincided
they coincided

Present Continuous
I am coinciding
you are coinciding
he/she/it is coinciding
we are coinciding
you are coinciding
they are coinciding

Present Perfect
I have coincided
you have coincided
he/she/it has coincided
we have coincided
you have coincided
they have coincided

Past Continuous
I was coinciding
you were coinciding
he/she/it was coinciding
we were coinciding
you were coinciding
they were coinciding

Past Perfect
I had coincided
you had coincided
he/she/it had coincided
we had coincided
you had coincided
they had coincided

Future
I will coincide
you will coincide
he/she/it will coincide
we will coincide
you will coincide
they will coincide

Future Perfect
I will have coincided
you will have coincided
he/she/it will have coincided
we will have coincided
you will have coincided
they will have coincided

Future Continuous
I will be coinciding
you will be coinciding
he/she/it will be coinciding
we will be coinciding
you will be coinciding
they will be coinciding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been coinciding
you have been coinciding
he/she/it has been coinciding
we have been coinciding
you have been coinciding
they have been coinciding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been coinciding
you will have been coinciding
he/she/it will have been coinciding
we will have been coinciding
you will have been coinciding
they will have been coinciding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been coinciding
you had been coinciding
he/she/it had been coinciding
we had been coinciding
you had been coinciding
they had been coinciding

Conditional
I would coincide
you would coincide
he/she/it would coincide
we would coincide
you would coincide
they would coincide

Past Conditional
I would have coincided
you would have coincided
he/she/it would have coincided
we would have coincided
you would have coincided
they would have coincided

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Verb	1.	coincide - go with, fall together cooccur, co-occur coexist - exist together overlap - coincide partially or wholly; "Our vacations overlap"
	2.	coincide - happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" concur hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
	3.	coincide - be the same; "our views on this matter coincided" correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

coincide

verb

1. occur simultaneously, coexist, synchronize, be concurrent The exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of his death.

2. agree, match, accord, square, correspond, tally, concur, harmonize a case in which public and private interests coincide
agree part, separate, divide, differ, disagree, contradict, diverge, be inconsistent, be unlike

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coincide

verb

1. To occur at the same time:

concur, synchronize.

2. To come to an understanding or to terms:

accord, agree, concur, get together, harmonize.

Translations

يَتَزامَنُيَتَزامَنُ، يَتَصادَفُ معيَتَوافَق

přihodit se současněshodovat sesplývat

falde sammen medske samtidigstemme overens

decken übereinstimmen zusammenfallen zusammentreffen

συμπίπτω

coincidir

sattua samaan aikaanvastata

coïncider concorder correspondre

podudarati se

falla samansamsvara

coincidere

同時に起こる

동시에 일어나다

atbilstsakrist

samenvallencoïncideren

falle sammen stemme overens

zbiec się

coincidir

совпадать

sammanfalla

สอดคล้องกันพอดี

aynı zamanda olmakçakışmak uymak

trùng lặp

一致同时发生巧合

coincide

[ˌkəʊɪnˈsaɪd] VI

1. (= happen at same time) → coincidir
to coincide with → coincidir con

2. (= agree) → estar de acuerdo
to coincide with → estar de acuerdo con

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coincide

[ˌkəʊɪnˈsaɪd] vi

[events] → coïncider

[ideas, interests, views] → coïncider

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coincide

vi (in time, place) → zusammenfallen; (in area) → sich decken; (= agree) → übereinstimmen; the two concerts coincide → die beiden Konzerte finden zur gleichen Zeit statt

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coincide

[ˌkəʊɪnˈsaɪd] vi to coincide (with) → coincidere (con)

coincide

(kouinˈsaid) verb

1. 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.

coˌinciˈdental (-ˈden-) adjective

coincide

→ يَتَزامَنُ přihodit se současně ske samtidig zusammenfallen συμπίπτω coincidir sattua samaan aikaan coïncider podudarati se coincidere 同時に起こる 동시에 일어나다 samenvallen falle sammen zbiec się coincidir совпадать sammanfalla สอดคล้องกันพอดี çakışmak trùng lặp 巧合

coincide

vi. coincidir.

References in classic literature ?

Durbeyfield was what was locally called a slack-twisted fellow; he had good strength to work at times; but the times could not be relied on to coincide with the hours of requirement; and, having been unaccustomed to the regular toil of the day-labourer, he was not particularly persistent when they did so coincide.

In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour for loving.

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His present pursuit could not make him forget that Elizabeth had been the first to excite and to deserve his attention, the first to listen and to pity, the first to be admired; and in his manner of bidding her adieu, wishing her every enjoyment, reminding her of what she was to expect in Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and trusting their opinion of her-- their opinion of everybody-- would always coincide, there was a solicitude, an interest which she felt must ever attach her to him with a most sincere regard; and she parted from him convinced that, whether married or single, he must always be her model of the amiable and pleasing.

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I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own.

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You will scream at me (that is, if you condescend to do so) that no one is touching my free will, that all they are concerned with is that my will should of itself, of its own free will, coincide with my own normal interests, with the laws of nature and arithmetic.

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Their old jealousies and differences continued; they never could coincide in their choice, and the captain objected altogether to any site so high up the river.

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It will be necessary, therefore, to wait for the moment when her passage in perigee shall coincide with that in the zenith.

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He had only to make the date at which the loan expired coincide with the date of his marriage, and there was his father-in-law's money at his disposal, or at his wife's disposal--which meant the same thing.

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In the theatre especially, a single expression which doth not coincide with the taste of the audience, or with any individual critic of that audience, is sure to be hissed; and one scene which should be disapproved would hazard the whole piece.

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Heathcliff's assertions about his son, as if I were certain she would coincide. Alas!

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There was an astronomer, who had undertaken to place a sun-dial upon the great weathercock on the town-house, by adjusting the annual and diurnal motions of the earth and sun, so as to answer and coincide with all accidental turnings of the wind.

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"That my wish coincides with your own," she finished quickly, exasperated at his talking so slowly while she knew beforehand all he would say.