Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place.

    совпаде́ниеsovpadénije

    збігzbih

    the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

  2. (countable, uncountable)The appearance of a meaningful connection between events when there is none.

    That the two writers were born and died on the same day is just a coincidence, although there are many conspiracy theories about it.

    It is sheer coincidence that the cartoon resembles the local politician.

    zufälliges Zusammentreffen, Koinzidenz, Zufall

    совпаде́ниеsovpadénije

    збігzbih, збі́жністьzbížnistʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)A coincidence point.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.

Examples

250 sentences
  1. It was nothing but a coincidence.

    Це був лише збіг обставин.

    ruЭто было не более чем совпадение.

    deEs war nur ein Zufall.

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  2. Tom doesn't think this is a coincidence.

    Том не вважає це збігом.

    ruТом не думает, что это совпадение.

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  3. Do you think it's just a coincidence?

    Гадаєш, це лише збіг?

    ruТы думаешь, это просто совпадение?

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  4. I wonder if it really was a coincidence.

    Мені цікаво, чи це насправді був збіг обставин.

    ruМне интересно, действительно ли это была случайность.

    deIch frage mich, ob das wirklich Zufall war.

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  5. Do you think that was just a coincidence?

    Думаєш, це був просто збіг?

    ruДумаешь, это было просто совпадение?

    deDenkst du, daß das nur ein Zufall war?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of objects, property of being coincident:
state of events appearing to be connected when they are not:
Русский
By meaning 1
of objects, property of being coincident:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state of events appearing to be connected when they are not:

Origin

From Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence

From Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence.

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Forms

plural: coincidences

Synonyms

7 synonyms
of objects and time:concurrentness
in analysis:coincidence point
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • was a coincidence
  • just a coincidence
  • a coincidence that
  • was no coincidence
  • no coincidence

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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