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Definition of coincidence in English: coincidencenoun kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nskoʊˈɪnsədəns 1A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. 巧合，巧事 it was a coincidence that she was wearing a jersey like Laura's 她碰巧穿着一件和劳拉一模一样的运动衫。 mass noun they met by coincidence 他们是偶然遇见的。 Example sentencesExamples - It beggars belief to think that these concurrent developments are mere coincidences.
- ‘It is hard to believe that so many events and coincidences occurred in just 12 months,’ he writes.
- By coincidence, I got there a few minutes before Bob Hager, who had an appointment.
- Especially toward the end, these coincidences and connections between the characters become almost comical.
- His theory explains what appears to be a remarkable coincidence.
- By coincidence, both of October's plays were other people's ideas.
- By coincidence, he lived in my same building where I had just bought an apartment but I still hadn't moved in yet.
- It is a remarkable coincidence that the elections were held on the eleventh anniversary of these dramatic events.
- By coincidence, a few hours earlier one of White's many underworld contacts had phoned offering information.
- In a remarkable coincidence, the front of his home was demolished in a freak car accident for the second time - by the same man.
- By coincidence, my friend Nat Gertler was at the same performance last night of The Producers.
- By coincidence, the factory closed down in 1912, the year the Titanic went down at sea with such a huge loss of life.
- Identical twins are about to marry a pair of lookalike sisters in a double ceremony next month to cap 25 years of remarkable coincidences.
- We would share stories of mistaken identity, confused publicists and editors, odd coincidences and connections.
- The win was a remarkable coincidence for Hazel, who worked as a domestic cleaner for one of the Turnbull family more than ten years ago.
- We can even make sense of such a coincidence in the case of events such as battles and headaches.
- By one of the most remarkable coincidences in all sport, that very same year saw the publication for the first time of the laws of cricket.
- By coincidence I was trailing two unsuspecting girls also apparently going to the show.
- The Pennine Acute Trust said the timing of the letter was a coincidence and not connected to the Observer story.
- And the bizarre events and coincidences pile up more and more as the story proceeds.
Synonyms accident, chance, serendipity, fate, a twist of fate, destiny, fortuity, fortune, providence, freak, hazard a piece of good fortune, (a bit of) luck, (a bit of) good luck, a fluke, a happy chance North American happenstance 2mass noun The fact of corresponding in nature or in time of occurrence. 符合；同时发生 the coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians 这些矿业公司和某些政客之间的利益一致。 Example sentencesExamples - Several coincidences between genes encoding for enzymes of N metabolism and QTLs for the traits studied were observed.
- This surprising degree of coincidence of territory and national identity has been achieved in two ways.
- There is little coincidence of interest between the consumer and a state-owned utility.
- For most of the time, this coincidence of interest was recognized.
Synonyms co-occurrence, coexistence, conjunction, simultaneity, simultaneousness, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, concomitance, synchronicity, synchrony clash, conflict correspondence, agreement, accord, concurrence, match, fit, consistency, conformity, harmony, compatibility, dovetailing, correlation, parallelism similarity, likeness 3Physics
The presence of ionizing particles or other objects in two or more detectors simultaneously, or of two or more signals simultaneously in a circuit. 〔物理〕符合 Example sentencesExamples - When the beams were in phase, they detected five times as many coincidences as when they were out of phase.
- In their estimation, nothing could explain the coincidences except the momentary passing of a gravitational wave.
- One of the most famous anthropic coincidences was discovered by the English physicist Sir Fred Hoyle in 1954.
OriginEarly 17th century (in the sense 'occupation of the same space'): from medieval Latin coincidentia, from coincidere 'coincide, agree' (see coincide). Definition of coincidence in US English: coincidencenounkōˈinsədənskoʊˈɪnsədəns 1A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. 巧合，巧事 他们是偶然遇见的。 it's no coincidence that this new burst of innovation has occurred in the free nations Example sentencesExamples - By coincidence, both of October's plays were other people's ideas.
- And the bizarre events and coincidences pile up more and more as the story proceeds.
- In a remarkable coincidence, the front of his home was demolished in a freak car accident for the second time - by the same man.
- By coincidence, a few hours earlier one of White's many underworld contacts had phoned offering information.
- By coincidence I was trailing two unsuspecting girls also apparently going to the show.
- His theory explains what appears to be a remarkable coincidence.
- It is a remarkable coincidence that the elections were held on the eleventh anniversary of these dramatic events.
- It beggars belief to think that these concurrent developments are mere coincidences.
- By coincidence, he lived in my same building where I had just bought an apartment but I still hadn't moved in yet.
- We can even make sense of such a coincidence in the case of events such as battles and headaches.
- By coincidence, I got there a few minutes before Bob Hager, who had an appointment.
- By coincidence, my friend Nat Gertler was at the same performance last night of The Producers.
- We would share stories of mistaken identity, confused publicists and editors, odd coincidences and connections.
- The Pennine Acute Trust said the timing of the letter was a coincidence and not connected to the Observer story.
- Identical twins are about to marry a pair of lookalike sisters in a double ceremony next month to cap 25 years of remarkable coincidences.
- The win was a remarkable coincidence for Hazel, who worked as a domestic cleaner for one of the Turnbull family more than ten years ago.
- By coincidence, the factory closed down in 1912, the year the Titanic went down at sea with such a huge loss of life.
- Especially toward the end, these coincidences and connections between the characters become almost comical.
- ‘It is hard to believe that so many events and coincidences occurred in just 12 months,’ he writes.
- By one of the most remarkable coincidences in all sport, that very same year saw the publication for the first time of the laws of cricket.
Synonyms accident, chance, serendipity, fate, a twist of fate, destiny, fortuity, fortune, providence, freak, hazard 2Correspondence in nature or in time of occurrence. 符合；同时发生 the coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians 这些矿业公司和某些政客之间的利益一致。 Example sentencesExamples - Several coincidences between genes encoding for enzymes of N metabolism and QTLs for the traits studied were observed.
- There is little coincidence of interest between the consumer and a state-owned utility.
- This surprising degree of coincidence of territory and national identity has been achieved in two ways.
- For most of the time, this coincidence of interest was recognized.
Synonyms co-occurrence, coexistence, conjunction, simultaneity, simultaneousness, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, concomitance, synchronicity, synchrony correspondence, agreement, accord, concurrence, match, fit, consistency, conformity, harmony, compatibility, dovetailing, correlation, parallelism 3Physics
The presence of ionizing particles or other objects in two or more detectors simultaneously, or of two or more signals simultaneously in a circuit. 〔物理〕符合 Example sentencesExamples - When the beams were in phase, they detected five times as many coincidences as when they were out of phase.
- In their estimation, nothing could explain the coincidences except the momentary passing of a gravitational wave.
- One of the most famous anthropic coincidences was discovered by the English physicist Sir Fred Hoyle in 1954.
OriginEarly 17th century (in the sense ‘occupation of the same space’): from medieval Latin coincidentia, from coincidere ‘coincide, agree’ (see coincide). |