Coincident
adjective
Occurring at the same time or together.
Their weddings were coincident with each other.
Often appears as...
- coincident events
- coincident with
adjective
Matching or agreeing exactly.
His story was coincident with the facts.
Often appears as...
- coincident facts
- coincident accounts
adjective
Located at the same place or position.
The points of interaction were coincident with each other.
Often appears as...
- coincident points
- coincident lines
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Occurring at the same time or together.
Their weddings were coincident with each other.
Often appears as...
- coincident events
- coincident with
adjective
Matching or agreeing exactly.
His story was coincident with the facts.
Often appears as...
- coincident facts
- coincident accounts
adjective
Located at the same place or position.
The points of interaction were coincident with each other.
Often appears as...
- coincident points
- coincident lines
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Time Specific
Use 'coincident' when emphasizing that events happen simultaneously, more for unplanned or surprising timing.
The power outage was coincident with her arrival.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Cause-Effect
'Coincident' doesn't imply one event causes the other, just that they occur together.
Their career peaks were coincident, though unrelated.
Pro Tip 1/2Time Specific
Use 'coincident' when emphasizing that events happen simultaneously, more for unplanned or surprising timing.
The power outage was coincident with her arrival.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Cause-Effect
'Coincident' doesn't imply one event causes the other, just that they occur together.
Their career peaks were coincident, though unrelated.
Pro Tip 1/2Time Specific
Use 'coincident' when emphasizing that events happen simultaneously, more for unplanned or surprising timing.
The power outage was coincident with her arrival.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Cause-Effect
'Coincident' doesn't imply one event causes the other, just that they occur together.
Their career peaks were coincident, though unrelated.
Compare with
coexistentconcomitantconcurrencycorrespondparallelrelatesimultaneoussynchronous
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Video examples
John Delaney: Wiring an...
This is what it looks like. And the cables go really continent to continent. It's a very powerful system, and most of our communications consist of it. So this is the system that I'm talking about, off the west coast. It's coincident with the tectonic plate,
Video examples
John Delaney: Wiring an...
This is what it looks like. And the cables go really continent to continent. It's a very powerful system, and most of our communications consist of it. So this is the system that I'm talking about, off the west coast. It's coincident with the tectonic plate,
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
John S. Watson
American Businessman
The greatest advancements in living standards over the past century have been coincident with affordable energy.
Quote examples
John S. Watson
American Businessman
The greatest advancements in living standards over the past century have been coincident with affordable energy.
Example 1 of 1
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