Coincide
verb
To happen at the same time as something else.
The release of the new phone will coincide with the company's anniversary
Often appears as...
- coincide with
- coincide in
verb
To be in the same place or have the same characteristics as something else.
Her story coincides with the other witness's testimony
Often appears as...
- coincide exactly
- coincide entirely
Usage tips
Legal
verb
To happen at the same time as something else.
The release of the new phone will coincide with the company's anniversary
Often appears as...
- coincide with
- coincide in
verb
To be in the same place or have the same characteristics as something else.
Her story coincides with the other witness's testimony
Often appears as...
- coincide exactly
- coincide entirely
Usage tips
Legal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Simultaneous Events
Use 'coincide' to emphasize events happening at exactly the same moment.
The two festivals coincide this year, creating a huge celebration.
Pro Tip 2/3Planned Timing
'Coincide' often implies purposeful arrangement so events align.
The meeting was scheduled to coincide with the CEO's visit.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Surprise
Sometimes 'coincide' suggests an unexpected alignment of events.
It's a coincidence that our holidays coincide; we didn't plan it!
Pro Tip 1/3Simultaneous Events
Use 'coincide' to emphasize events happening at exactly the same moment.
The two festivals coincide this year, creating a huge celebration.
Pro Tip 2/3Planned Timing
'Coincide' often implies purposeful arrangement so events align.
The meeting was scheduled to coincide with the CEO's visit.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Surprise
Sometimes 'coincide' suggests an unexpected alignment of events.
It's a coincidence that our holidays coincide; we didn't plan it!
Pro Tip 1/3Simultaneous Events
Use 'coincide' to emphasize events happening at exactly the same moment.
The two festivals coincide this year, creating a huge celebration.
Pro Tip 2/3Planned Timing
'Coincide' often implies purposeful arrangement so events align.
The meeting was scheduled to coincide with the CEO's visit.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Surprise
Sometimes 'coincide' suggests an unexpected alignment of events.
It's a coincidence that our holidays coincide; we didn't plan it!
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Video examples
Fatal Encounter with...
He drove us a bit closer to have a look. Looking through binoculars, we could see she was pregnant and it was soon clear she was going to give birth. Herbivores time their births to coincide with the rains, as there's then much more lush grass to eat to raise their young. By all giving birth around the same time, there's less chance of your offspring being the one to get eaten by a predator.
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
he did have something to say about it. And it was quite curious. He said, "Of all the differences between the races of men, the color of the skin is the most conspicuous and one of the best marked." And he went on to say, "These differences do not coincide
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Breaking the illusion of...
quite curious he said of all the differences between the races of men the color of the skin is the most conspicuous and one of the best marked and he went on to say these differences do not coincide with corresponding differences in climate so
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Safari Live - Day 376 PIPE...
lipids show face as well it always makes life easier for us in many respects when he's mean he's here not only is there solid sighting that generally lasts for long periods but also like I say it tends to coincide with a nice heightened period
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Majora Carter: 3 stories...
meant that my payday -- or someone else's -- would just happen to coincide with his lucky day. So you need to help him out. And sometimes I would loan him money from my after-school or summer jobs, and he always had the great intention
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The surprising decline...
coincided with the rise of centralized states. So that's a bit of a support for the leviathan theory. Also supporting it is the fact that we today see eruptions of violence in zones of anarchy, in failed states, collapsed empires,
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Fact-checking the Bible...
to Bethlehem in the book of Matthew Joseph Mary start in Bethlehem and wind up in Nazareth you can make those two accounts sort of coincide but not without a lot of narrative twisting so we knew all this we can't say this to
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How I made friends with...
Wave-particle the idea that one thing can manifest as two things you know? That a photon can manifest as a wave and a particle coincided with my deepest intuitions that people are good and bad, ideas are right and wrong.
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What does it mean to be...
has coincided with this particular moment in which we are privileged to live. We, as global citizens, now have a unique opportunity to accelerate large-scale positive change around the world.
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Michael Metcalfe: We...
That may not always be the case. Today there are universally agreed aims for international aid. That may not always be the case. Today might be the only time that these two things coincide,
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Fatal Encounter with...
He drove us a bit closer to have a look. Looking through binoculars, we could see she was pregnant and it was soon clear she was going to give birth. Herbivores time their births to coincide with the rains, as there's then much more lush grass to eat to raise their young. By all giving birth around the same time, there's less chance of your offspring being the one to get eaten by a predator.
Video examples
Nina Jablonski breaks...
he did have something to say about it. And it was quite curious. He said, "Of all the differences between the races of men, the color of the skin is the most conspicuous and one of the best marked." And he went on to say, "These differences do not coincide
Video examples
Breaking the illusion of...
quite curious he said of all the differences between the races of men the color of the skin is the most conspicuous and one of the best marked and he went on to say these differences do not coincide with corresponding differences in climate so
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 376 PIPE...
lipids show face as well it always makes life easier for us in many respects when he's mean he's here not only is there solid sighting that generally lasts for long periods but also like I say it tends to coincide with a nice heightened period
Video examples
Majora Carter: 3 stories...
meant that my payday -- or someone else's -- would just happen to coincide with his lucky day. So you need to help him out. And sometimes I would loan him money from my after-school or summer jobs, and he always had the great intention
Video examples
The surprising decline...
coincided with the rise of centralized states. So that's a bit of a support for the leviathan theory. Also supporting it is the fact that we today see eruptions of violence in zones of anarchy, in failed states, collapsed empires,
Video examples
Fact-checking the Bible...
to Bethlehem in the book of Matthew Joseph Mary start in Bethlehem and wind up in Nazareth you can make those two accounts sort of coincide but not without a lot of narrative twisting so we knew all this we can't say this to
Video examples
How I made friends with...
Wave-particle the idea that one thing can manifest as two things you know? That a photon can manifest as a wave and a particle coincided with my deepest intuitions that people are good and bad, ideas are right and wrong.
Video examples
What does it mean to be...
has coincided with this particular moment in which we are privileged to live. We, as global citizens, now have a unique opportunity to accelerate large-scale positive change around the world.
Video examples
Michael Metcalfe: We...
That may not always be the case. Today there are universally agreed aims for international aid. That may not always be the case. Today might be the only time that these two things coincide,
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Quote examples
Steve Erickson
American Novelist
The instant that movies became described as character driven was the instant when characters stopped mattering in movies. In other words, the birth of the notion of the character-driven movie coincided with the birth of movies in which characters were incidental to the very activities in which they engaged.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
In order for the students' development and the outer development of civilization to coincide, we need a faculty whose interest is not limited to specialized educational practices. Rather, this faculty must be fully involved in the broader aspects of life.
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Barbara Kingsolver
American Novelist
Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying that I had a contract for my first novel - that was on my answering phone message when I got back from the hospital with my first child.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
German Mathematician
To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years.
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James Hansen
American Scientist
Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions.
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Daniel Hannan
British Politician
Conservatives the world over need to grasp the difference between being pro-market and being pro-business. Sometimes the two positions happen to coincide; often they don't.
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Jamie Dornan
Irish Actor
I want to keep an element of myself in every character I play. And maybe that's connected to finding something that you like in every character. Maybe they coincide.
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David Harsanyi
American Journalist
We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending.
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Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
I was born too late and missed the dream of empire. Its shadow, the Commonwealth, coincides with my life but rarely connected with it.
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Lily James
English Actress
It's weird when you get roles that coincide with your life.
Quote examples
Steve Erickson
American Novelist
The instant that movies became described as character driven was the instant when characters stopped mattering in movies. In other words, the birth of the notion of the character-driven movie coincided with the birth of movies in which characters were incidental to the very activities in which they engaged.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
In order for the students' development and the outer development of civilization to coincide, we need a faculty whose interest is not limited to specialized educational practices. Rather, this faculty must be fully involved in the broader aspects of life.
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Barbara Kingsolver
American Novelist
Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying that I had a contract for my first novel - that was on my answering phone message when I got back from the hospital with my first child.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
German Mathematician
To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years.
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James Hansen
American Scientist
Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions.
Quote examples
Daniel Hannan
British Politician
Conservatives the world over need to grasp the difference between being pro-market and being pro-business. Sometimes the two positions happen to coincide; often they don't.
Quote examples
Jamie Dornan
Irish Actor
I want to keep an element of myself in every character I play. And maybe that's connected to finding something that you like in every character. Maybe they coincide.
Quote examples
David Harsanyi
American Journalist
We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending.
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Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
I was born too late and missed the dream of empire. Its shadow, the Commonwealth, coincides with my life but rarely connected with it.
Quote examples
Lily James
English Actress
It's weird when you get roles that coincide with your life.
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