Antonyms for coincidence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : koh-in-si-duhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈɪn sɪ dəns |
Definition of coincidence
Origin :- c.1600, "exact correspondence," from French coincidence, from coincider (see coincide). Meaning "a concurrence of events with no apparent connection" is from 1680s.
- noun agreement; coexistence
- noun accidental happening
- The coincidence was interpreted by Casanova as a propitious sign.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- He had known the last witness seven or eight years; that was merely a coincidence.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- "That's a coincidence," observed the stranger, twirling his pale mustache.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- Was this coincidence, or prevision, or what Mr. Dessoir calls the 'falsification of memory'?
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- No one knows how it happened, but there was a coincidence about the time which I must relate.
- Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond
- We know that Denberg is loose and their capture of Thelma is no coincidence.
- Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- Foulet shrugged, "Coincidence—possibly," he said, "but it is our only clue."
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
- For I will tell you what has happened to me; and I regard the coincidence as a sort of omen.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- The coincidence of the "abbey" name would not have brought me there, of itself.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I presume it was a coincidence, like our meeting at the pond.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Synonyms for coincidence
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