coincidence
The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or placeThe property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place.
» It was nothing but a coincidence.
Es war nur ein Zufall.
Это было не более чем совпадение.
Це був лише збіг обставин.
Meaning
4 senses(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
(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
(countable, uncountable)A coincidence point.
(countable, uncountable)A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.
Examples
250 sentencesIt was nothing but a coincidence.
Це був лише збіг обставин.
ruЭто было не более чем совпадение.
deEs war nur ein Zufall.
Tom doesn't think this is a coincidence.
Том не вважає це збігом.
ruТом не думает, что это совпадение.
Do you think it's just a coincidence?
Гадаєш, це лише збіг?
ruТы думаешь, это просто совпадение?
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.
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?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -enceFrom Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence.
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Forms
plural: coincidencesSynonyms
7 synonyms- an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental:happenstance
- the temporal property of two things happening at the same time:concurrenceconjunctionco-occurrence
Word family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- was a coincidence
- just a coincidence
- a coincidence that
- was no coincidence
- no coincidence