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View synonyms for coincident

coincident

[ koh-in-si-duhnt ]

adjective

  1. happening at the same time.

    Synonyms: synchronous, simultaneous

  2. coinciding; occupying the same place or position.
  3. exactly corresponding.
  4. in exact agreement (usually followed by with ).


coincident

/ kəʊˈɪnsɪdənt /

adjective

  1. having the same position in space or time
  2. usuallypostpositive and foll by with in exact agreement; consonant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • nonco·inci·dent adjective
  • preco·inci·dent adjective
  • preco·inci·dent·ly adverb
  • super·co·inci·dent adjective
  • super·co·inci·dent·ly adverb
  • unco·inci·dent adjective
  • unco·inci·dent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coincident1

1555–65; < Medieval Latin coincident- (stem of coincidēns ) present participle of coincidere to coincide; -ent
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Example Sentences

MeerKAT sees a small blob of radio emission in the center of the ring, which is coincident with a distant galaxy.

Referencing incidents that spurred the divorce filing, the judge wrote that there was a “pattern of domestic abuse occurring coincident to the initiation of this case.”

He knew that the coincident clicks came from cosmic rays, charged particles from space that bang into air molecules in the sky, triggering particle showers that rain down to the ground.

The federal deficit has never fallen as fast as it's falling now without a coincident recession.

His first hard struggle for deliverance was coincident with his last hour of earthly peace.

And coincident with the same, she became the recipient of numerous offers from almost everywhere.

Almost coincident with the last stroke came the sweeter note of a silver gong from somewhere close at hand.

The events which led to their conviction were curiously coincident.

The little uplift of mood, coincident with the rifling of Riggs's person, had not worn over to this evening camp.

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