Meanings
present singular third person coincides · participle present coinciding · participle past coincided · past coincided
- intransitiveTo occur at the same time.
The conference will coincide with his vacation.
1 more example
The last train ran on December 31, 1932, almost unnoticed, for it coincided with the running of the last steam passenger train down the main line from London to Brighton, a much more momentous event.
1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 835Synonyms: concur
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo occur at the same time.
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Origin
- Medieval Latincoincidere
- Frenchcoïncider
- Englishcoincide
From French coïncider, from Medieval Latin coincidere, from con- + incidere, from in- (“into, to”) + cadere (“to fall, fall down, drop”).
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Ancient Greek συμπίπτω
- συμπίπτω (sumpíptō)to correspond
Arabic تَزَامَنَ
- تَزَامَنَ (tazāmana)to occur at the same time
Bulgarian съвпадам, съвпадам
- съвпадам (săvpadam)to occupy exactly the same space
- съвпадам (săvpadam)to occur at the same time
- съответствувам (săotvetstvuvam)to correspond
Catalan coincidir, coincidir
- coincidirto occupy exactly the same space
- coincidirto occur at the same time
Chinese Mandarin 巧合, 重合
- 巧合 (qiǎohé)to occur at the same time
- 重合 (chónghé)to correspond
- 相符 (xiāngfú)to correspond
Dutch samenvallen, coïncideren
- samenvallento occupy exactly the same space
- coïnciderento occupy exactly the same space
- samenvallento occur at the same time
- coïnciderento occur at the same time
- samenvallento correspond
- coïnciderento correspond
Finnish olla täysin päällekkäin, olla kokonaan päällekkäin
- olla täysin päällekkäinto occupy exactly the same space
- olla kokonaan päällekkäinto occupy exactly the same space
- sattua samaan aikaanto occur at the same time
- sattua samalla hetkelläto occur at the same time
- vastatato correspond
French coïncider, coïncider
- coïnciderto occupy exactly the same space
- coïnciderto occur at the same time
- coïnciderto correspond
German zusammenfallen, zusammenfallen
- zusammenfallento occupy exactly the same space
- zusammenfallento occur at the same time
- übereinstimmento correspond
Greek συμπίπτω, συμπίπτω
- συμπίπτω (sympípto)to occupy exactly the same space
- συμπίπτω (sympípto)to occur at the same time
- συμπίπτω (sympípto)to correspond
Italian coincidere, coincidere
- coincidereto occupy exactly the same space
- coincidereto correspond
Japanese 重なる, 同時に起こる
- 重なる (kasanaru)to occupy exactly the same space
- 同時に起こる (dōji ni okoru)to occur at the same time
- 一致する (itchi suru)to correspond
- 相当する (sōtō suru)to correspond
Latin coincidō, congruō
- coincidōto occur at the same time
- congruōto correspond
Māori orua
- oruato occur at the same time
Portuguese coincidir, coincidir
- coincidirto occupy exactly the same space
- coincidirto occur at the same time
- coincidirto correspond
Romanian coincide
- coincideto occupy exactly the same space
Russian совпада́ть, совпа́сть
- совпада́ть (sovpadátʹ)to occupy exactly the same space
- совпа́сть (sovpástʹ)to occupy exactly the same space
- совмеща́ться (sovmeščátʹsja)to occupy exactly the same space
- совмести́ться (sovmestítʹsja)to occupy exactly the same space
- совпада́ть (sovpadátʹ)to occur at the same time
- совпа́сть (sovpástʹ)to occur at the same time
- совпада́ть (sovpadátʹ)to correspond
- совпа́сть (sovpástʹ)to correspond
- соотве́тствовать (sootvétstvovatʹ)to correspond
Spanish coincidir, coincidir
- coincidirto occupy exactly the same space
- coincidirto occur at the same time
- coincidirto correspond
Swedish sammanfalla, överensstämma
- sammanfallato occur at the same time
- överensstämmato correspond
Tagalog magkataon
- magkataonto occur at the same time
Thai สอดคล้อง
- สอดคล้อง (sɔ̀ɔt-klɔ́ɔng)to correspond
Ukrainian збіга́тися, збі́гтися
- збіга́тися (zbihátysja)to occur at the same time
- збі́гтися (zbíhtysja)to occur at the same time
- збіга́тися (zbihátysja)to correspond
- збі́гтися (zbíhtysja)to correspond
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Cite this entry
coincide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coincide
“coincide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coincide. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coincide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coincide.
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