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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