| NOUN | event | coincidence, happenstance | an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental |
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| attribute | coincidence | the quality of occupying the same position or area in space | |
| attribute | coincidence, concurrence, conjunction, co-occurrence | the temporal property of two things / things happening at the same time |
| Sounds | kowih'nsihdahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental. | |
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| Synonym | happenstance | |
| Broader | accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event | Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause |
| Spanish | azar, casualidad, coincidencia | |
| Catalan | atzar, casualitat, coincidència | |
| Meaning | The quality of occupying the same position or area in space. | |
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| Example | "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs" | |
| Broader | position, spatial relation | The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated |
| Spanish | coincidencia | |
| Adjectives | coincident | matching point for point |
| Meaning | The temporal property of two things / things happening at the same time. | |
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| Example | "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" | |
| Synonyms | concurrence, conjunction, co-occurrence | |
| Narrower | concomitance | occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another |
| contemporaneity, contemporaneousness | The quality of belonging to the same period of time | |
| overlap | The property of partial coincidence in time | |
| unison | Occurring together or simultaneously | |
| Broader | simultaneity, simultaneousness | happening or existing or done at the same time |
| Spanish | coincidencia, concurrencia, conjunción, co-ocurrencia | |
| Catalan | coincidència, concurrència, conjunció | |
| Adjectives | coincident | occurring or operating at the same time |
| Verbs | coincide | happen simultaneously |
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