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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

coincidence
    n 1: an event that might have been arranged although it was
         really accidental [syn: coincidence, happenstance]
    2: the quality of occupying the same position or area in space;
       "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross
       hairs"
    3: the temporal property of two things happening at the same
       time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is
       adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence,
       conjunction, co-occurrence]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Coincidence \Co*in"ci*dence\ (k[-o]*[i^]n"s[i^]*dens), n. [Cf.
   F. co["i]ncidence.]
   1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as,
      the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. --Bentley.
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   2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as,
      the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas
      Jefferson.
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   3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result,
      circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.
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            The very concurrence and coincidence of so many
            evidences . . . carries a great weight. --Sir M.
                                                  Hale.
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            Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . .
            . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and
            goodness.                             --South.
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Thesaurus Results for Coincidence:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

accident, accompaniment, accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, alliance, assent, association, cahoots, chance, chorus, co-occurrence, co-working, coaction, coequality, coetaneity, coetaneousness, coevality, coevalneity, coevalness, coexistence, coextension, coherence, collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination, combined effort, compatibility, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concomitancy, concord, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, conjunction, consilience, consistency, consonance, consort, conspiracy, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, cooperation, correspondence, equality, equivalence, fluke, fortuitousness, fortuity, happenstance, harmony, homogeneity, homoousia, identity, indistinguishability, intersection, isochronism, junction, luck, matching, no difference, oneness, overlap, parallelism, parasitism, peace, rapport, sameness, saprophytism, self-consistency, self-identity, selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, simultaneity, symbiosis, symmetry, sync, synchronism, synchronization, synergy, synonymity, synonymousness, synonymy, tally, timing, togetherness, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, united action, unity, withness

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