coincide
UK /ˌkəʊɪnˈsaɪd/ · US /ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/ verb
Forms coincides coinciding coincided
- verb To occupy exactly the same space. “The two squares coincide nicely.”
- verb To occur at the same time. “The conference will coincide with his vacation.”
- verb To correspond, concur, or agree. “Our ideas coincide, except in certain areas.”
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Etymology
From French coïncider, from Medieval Latin coincidere, from con- + incidere, from in- (“into, to”) + cadere (“to fall, fall down, drop”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.
- verb To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.
Etymology [L. co- + incidere to fall on; in + cadere to fall: cf. F. coïncider. See Chance, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “coincide”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details