Coincidence — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

the quality of occupying the same position or area in space

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈɛdənz/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪskˈɒmən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪskˈɒmən/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹˈɛdənz/.

Examples

he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs
the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

concurrence conjunction co-occurrence happenstance

Parts of Speech

noun	an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
noun	the quality of occupying the same position or area in space “he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs”
noun	the temporal property of two things happening at the same time “the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable”

Word Forms

coincident	adjective	matching point for point
concurrent	adjective	occurring or operating at the same time
concur	verb	happen simultaneously
coincide	verb	happen simultaneously
co-occurrent	adjective	occurring or operating at the same time

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Zufall

ein Ereignis, das hätte arrangiert werden können, obwohl es eigentlich ein Zufall war

🇫🇷French

coïncidence

un événement qui aurait pu être organisé même s'il était en réalité accidentel

🇪🇸Spanish

coincidencia

un evento que podría haber sido arreglado aunque en realidad fue accidental

🇮🇹Italian

coincidenza

un evento che potrebbe essere stato organizzato anche se in realtà è stato accidentale

🇳🇱Dutch

toeval

een gebeurtenis die mogelijk georganiseerd was, ook al was het eigenlijk toevallig

🇵🇹Portuguese

coincidência

um evento que poderia ter sido arranjado, embora tenha sido realmente acidental

🇷🇺Russian

совпадение

событие, которое могло быть организовано, хотя на самом деле оно было случайным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संयोग

एक ऐसा आयोजन जो शायद व्यवस्थित किया गया हो, हालाँकि यह वास्तव में आकस्मिक था

🇧🇩Bengali

কাকতালীয়

একটি ঘটনা যা সাজানো হয়েছে যদিও এটি সত্যিই দুর্ঘটনাজনিত ছিল

🇮🇳Tamil

தற்செயல்

இது உண்மையில் தற்செயலாக இருந்தாலும் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்ட ஒரு நிகழ்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

యాదృచ్చికం

ఇది నిజంగా ప్రమాదవశాత్తూ జరిగినప్పటికీ ఏర్పాటు చేయబడిన సంఘటన

🇮🇳Marathi

योगायोग

एक कार्यक्रम ज्याची व्यवस्था केली गेली असेल जरी ती खरोखर अपघाती होती

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંયોગ

એક ઇવેન્ટ કે જે ખરેખર આકસ્મિક હોવા છતાં ગોઠવવામાં આવી હશે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾಕತಾಳೀಯ

ಇದು ನಿಜವಾಗಿಯೂ ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕವಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಸಹ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಲಾದ ಘಟನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

യാദൃശ്ചികം

ശരിക്കും ആകസ്മികമാണെങ്കിലും ക്രമീകരിച്ചിരിക്കാവുന്ന ഒരു സംഭവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਇਤਫ਼ਾਕ

ਇੱਕ ਘਟਨਾ ਜਿਸਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ਹਾਲਾਂਕਿ ਇਹ ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੁਰਘਟਨਾ ਸੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

اتفاق

ایک واقعہ جس کا اہتمام کیا گیا ہو گا حالانکہ یہ واقعی حادثاتی تھا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

巧合

一个可能已经安排好的事件，尽管它确实是偶然的

🇯🇵Japanese

偶然

本当に偶然ではあるが、仕組まれていたかもしれない出来事

🇰🇷Korean

우연의 일치

정말 우연이었지만 준비되었을 수도 있는 이벤트

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự trùng hợp ngẫu nhiên

một sự kiện có thể đã được sắp xếp mặc dù nó thực sự là tình cờ

🇹🇭Thai

เหตุบังเอิญ

งานที่อาจจัดขึ้นทั้งที่บังเอิญจริงๆ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kebetulan

sebuah peristiwa yang mungkin saja telah diatur meskipun sebenarnya tidak disengaja

🇵🇭Filipino

nagkataon lang

isang kaganapan na maaaring naayos kahit na ito ay talagang hindi sinasadya

🇲🇾Malay

kebetulan

acara yang mungkin telah diatur walaupun ia benar-benar tidak sengaja

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

صدفة

حدث ربما تم ترتيبه على الرغم من أنه كان عرضيًا حقًا

🇮🇷Persian

تصادف

رویدادی که ممکن است ترتیب داده شده باشد، اگرچه واقعا تصادفی بوده است

🇹🇷Turkish

tesadüf

gerçekten tesadüfi olmasına rağmen düzenlenmiş olabilecek bir olay

🇮🇱Hebrew

יָד הַמִקרֶה

אירוע שאולי היה מסודר למרות שזה היה ממש מקרי

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