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By coincidence, incidentally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Examples
- I have my guitar with me in the car, as it happens. I’ll go and get it.
- ―“You won’t know Paris, I suppose.” ―“As it happens, I went to university there!”
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
正好
(zhènghǎo)
— by coincidence
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Chinese Mandarin:
正巧
(zhèngqiǎo)
— by coincidence
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Czech:
náhodou
— by coincidence
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Dutch:
toevallig
— by coincidence
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Finnish:
sattumalta
— by coincidence
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French:
il se trouve
— by coincidence
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Hungarian:
történetesen
— by coincidence
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Hungarian:
véletlenül
— by coincidence
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Hungarian:
éppenséggel
— by coincidence
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Italian:
guarda caso
— by coincidence
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Polish:
tak się składa
— by coincidence
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Portuguese:
por acaso
— by coincidence
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Portuguese:
por um acaso
— by coincidence
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Russian:
как ра́з
(kak ráz)
— by coincidence
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Russian:
ока́зывается
(okázyvajetsja)
— by coincidence
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Russian:
ме́жду про́чим
(méždu próčim)
— by coincidence
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Russian:
де́ло в то́м, что
(délo v tóm, što)
— by coincidence
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Spanish:
sin ir más lejos
— by coincidence
