Coincidence - English meaning

noun

An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury.

Usage examples:

He had an accident at the factory

noun

An event not intended by anyone but which has the result of injuring someone or damaging something

Usage examples:

He was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 21., it’s no accident that (= there are reaso…

verb

Give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition).

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The powers accorded to the head of state

noun

An official agreement or treaty.

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Opposition groups refused to sign the accord

noun

A formal agreement, or the condition of agreeing

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[ c ] both parties signed an accord last week in geneva that may finally bring an end to the confli…

noun

Harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling.

Usage examples:

The two officers nodded in agreement

noun

The condition of having the same opinion, or a decision or arrangement between two or more people or groups to do something or to obey the same rules

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[ c ] a new trade agreement, [ u ] both sides were in agreement on the basic terms, but many detail…

noun

A decision or arrangement that has been made and accepted by two or more people, groups, organizations, etc.

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Agreement between sb and sb based on the rental agreement between the landlord and the tenant, eith…

noun

A possibility of something happening.

Usage examples:

There is a chance of winning the raffle

adjective

Fortuitous; accidental.

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A chance meeting

verb

Do something by accident or without intending to.

Usage examples:

He was very effusive if they chanced to meet

noun

A violent confrontation.

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There have been minor clashes with security forces

verb

Meet and come into violent conflict.

Usage examples:

Soccer hooligans clashed with rival fans before the match

verb

Crash together with violent impact

noun

The fact of two or more things happening or existing at the same time and often in the same place

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Co-occurrence of the co-occurrence of diabetes and high bood pressure, patterns of letter co-occurr…

noun

The state or fact of living or existing at the same time or in the same place.

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What is needed today is peaceful coexistence

noun

The fact of living or existing together at the same time or in the same place

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The two communities enjoyed a period of peaceful coexistence., the friendly coexistence of the two …

verb

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

Usage examples:

I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

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The charter is a glossy public relations con

noun

A disadvantage of or argument against something.

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Borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer

noun

The fact of existing or occurring together with something else.

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Instead, central apneas, which often occur in concomitance with oa in patients with sleepdisordered…

noun

A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

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The eternal conflict between the sexes

verb

Be incompatible or at variance; clash.

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Parents' and children's interests sometimes conflict

noun

An active disagreement, as between opposing opinions or needs

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[ c ] conflicts between parents and children become more frequent when the children become teenager…

noun

A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).

noun

A word such as "and," "but," "because," or "although" that connects words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence

Usage examples:

[ u ] physicists are working in conjunction with engineers on the project.

noun

The quality of relating to the present time

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This new production of the opera proves again its durability and contemporaneity., the film has an …

noun

A close similarity, connection, or equivalence.

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There is a simple correspondence between the distance of a focused object from the eye and the size…

noun

Letters written from one person to another, or the activity of writing and receiving letters

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She was behind in her correspondence, and had at least six letters to write.

noun

Written communications such as letters and emails

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Keep copies of all correspondence., email/written correspondence, correspondence between sb and sb …

noun

The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future.

Usage examples:

She was unable to control her own destiny

noun

The particular state of a person or thing in the future, considered as resulting from earlier events

Usage examples:

[ c ] we all want to determine our own destinies.

noun

The development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.

Usage examples:

Fate decided his course for him

verb

Be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way.

Usage examples:

The regime was fated to end badly

noun

Something that happens to a person or thing, esp. something final or negative, such as death or defeat

Usage examples:

The fate of numerous smaller buildings is under debate., attendance has not picked up, and the fate…

noun

A chance occurrence.

Usage examples:

Through one of those fortuities that illumine the paths of even the dull-witted, i stumbled upon he…

noun

The fact of something good happening by chance, rather than being planned, or an example of this

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The victim's chances of getting compensation often depend more on fortuity than on any law., they w…

noun

Chance or luck as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs.

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Some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate

noun

A very large amount of money or property

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They made a fortune in real estate., this dress cost a (small) fortune (= a lot of money)., [ u ] h…

noun

An extremely large amount of money

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Pay/spend a fortune the company needs to spend a fortune to bring all of its stores up to scratch.,…

noun

A very unusual and unexpected event or situation.

Usage examples:

The teacher says the accident was a total freak

verb

Behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion or drugs.

Usage examples:

He freaked out and smashed the place up

adjective

Extremely unusual or unlikely

Usage examples:

She died in a freak automobile accident., a freak midsummer hailstorm caught us all by surprise., m…

noun

A danger or risk.

Usage examples:

The hazards of childbirth

verb

Say (something) in a tentative way.

Usage examples:

He hazarded a guess

noun

Something dangerous and likely to cause damage

Usage examples:

A health/fire hazard, a hazardous road, she wouldn’t hazard a guess about the meaning of the word.

noun

The protective care of god or of nature as a spiritual power.

Usage examples:

They found their trust in divine providence to be a source of comfort

proper noun

The state capital of rhode island, a port on the atlantic coast; population 171,557 (est. 2008). it was founded in 1636 as a haven for religious dissenters.

noun

The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

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A fortunate stroke of serendipity

noun

The fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance

noun

The quality or fact of happening or being done at exactly the same time

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The film tries to convey simultaneousness in the way it braids together several narrative strands t…

noun

The quality or fact of happening or being done at exactly the same time

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The film tries to convey simultaneousness in the way it braids together several narrative strands t…

noun

The happening by chance of two or more related or similar events at the same time

noun

Simultaneous action, development, or occurrence.

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Brain research has shown that using sound phasing for brain synchrony will adjust the brain waves t…

noun

The way in which two or more things happen, develop, move, etc. at the same time or speed

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The two guards march towards each other with perfect synchrony., natural-gas prices tend to move in…