When Do You Say Coincidence?

A coincidence is when two events strangely or remarkably happen at the same time, but without any apparent reason or causal connection. For example, if you and your friend ran into each other in a big city out of the blue, that would be called a coincidence. Related words are COINCIDENTAL and COINCIDENTALLY.

What does it mean when someone says coincidence?

1 : a situation in which things happen at the same time without planning It was a coincidence that we chose the same week for vacation. 2 : a condition of coming together in space or time The coincidence of the two events was eerie.

How do you use the word coincidence?

Coincidence sentence example
  1. It wasn't a coincidence he was there. ...
  2. "It could have been a coincidence ," Fred said after Dean hung up. ...
  3. Granted, they are probably random occurrences, but the coincidence bothers me. ...
  4. The most striking coincidence is Jebel Usdum, by some equated with confidence to Sodom.
Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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