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coincide

verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW2 IH0 N S AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To occupy exactly the same space.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The two squares coincide nicely.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To occur at the same time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The conference will coincide with his vacation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: concur

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To correspond, concur, or agree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Our ideas coincide, except in certain areas.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

happen simultaneously

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The two events coincided

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: concur

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

5

verb

Meaning 5

be the same

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • our views on this matter coincided

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

6

verb

Meaning 6

go with, fall together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: co-occur, cooccur

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coexist

Narrower terms: overlap

History

Etymology

From French coïncider, from Medieval Latin coincidere, from con- + incidere, from in- (“into, to”) + cadere (“to fall, fall down, drop”).

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: համընկնել (hamənknel) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Bulgarian: съвпадам (sǎvpadam) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Catalan: coincidir — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Dutch: samenvallen — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Dutch: coïncideren — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Finnish: olla täysin päällekkäin — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Finnish: olla kokonaan päällekkäin — to occupy exactly the same space
  • French: coïncider — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Galician: coincidir — to occupy exactly the same space
  • German: zusammenfallen — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Greek: συμπίπτω (sympípto) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Ido: koincidar — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Italian: coincidere — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Japanese: 重なる (kasanaru) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Macedonian: се со́впадне (se sóvpadne) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Macedonian: се со́впаѓа (se sóvpaǵa) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Portuguese: coincidir — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Romanian: coincide — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Russian: совпада́ть (sovpadátʹ) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Russian: совпа́сть (sovpástʹ) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Russian: совмеща́ться (sovmeščátʹsja) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Russian: совмести́ться (sovmestítʹsja) — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Spanish: coincidir — to occupy exactly the same space
  • Arabic: تَزَامَنَ (tazāmana) — to occur at the same time
  • Armenian: համընկնել (hamənknel) — to occur at the same time
  • Bulgarian: съвпадам (sǎvpadam) — to occur at the same time
  • Catalan: coincidir — to occur at the same time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巧合 (qiǎohé) — to occur at the same time
  • Dutch: samenvallen — to occur at the same time
  • Dutch: coïncideren — to occur at the same time
  • Finnish: sattua samaan aikaan — to occur at the same time
  • Finnish: sattua samalla hetkellä — to occur at the same time
  • French: coïncider — to occur at the same time
  • Galician: coincidir — to occur at the same time
  • German: zusammenfallen — to occur at the same time
  • Greek: συμπίπτω (sympípto) — to occur at the same time
  • Ido: koincidar — to occur at the same time
  • Japanese: 同時に起こる (dōji ni okoru) — to occur at the same time
  • Latin: coincidō — to occur at the same time
  • Luxembourgish: coincidéieren — to occur at the same time
  • Macedonian: се со́впадне (se sóvpadne) — to occur at the same time
  • Macedonian: се со́впаѓа (se sóvpaǵa) — to occur at the same time
  • Manx: cohaghyr — to occur at the same time
  • Manx: cohuitt — to occur at the same time
  • Māori: orua — to occur at the same time
  • Portuguese: coincidir — to occur at the same time
  • Russian: совпада́ть (sovpadátʹ) — to occur at the same time
  • Russian: совпа́сть (sovpástʹ) — to occur at the same time
  • Spanish: coincidir — to occur at the same time
  • Swedish: sammanfalla — to occur at the same time
  • Tagalog: magkataon — to occur at the same time
  • Ukrainian: збіга́тися (zbihátysja) — to occur at the same time
  • Ukrainian: збі́гтися (zbíhtysja) — to occur at the same time
  • Armenian: համընկնել (hamənknel) — to correspond
  • Bulgarian: съответствувам (sǎotvetstvuvam) — to correspond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重合 (chónghé) — to correspond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 相符 (xiāngfú) — to correspond
  • Dutch: samenvallen — to correspond
  • Dutch: coïncideren — to correspond
  • Finnish: vastata — to correspond
  • French: coïncider — to correspond
  • Galician: coincidir — to correspond
  • German: übereinstimmen — to correspond
  • Greek: συμπίπτω (sympípto) — to correspond
  • Ancient Greek: συμπίπτω (sumpíptō) — to correspond
  • Italian: coincidere — to correspond
  • Japanese: 一致する (itchi suru) — to correspond
  • Japanese: 相当する (sōtō suru) — to correspond
  • Latin: congruō — to correspond
  • Macedonian: соодве́тствува (soodvétstvuva) — to correspond
  • Macedonian: се со́впаѓа (se sóvpaǵa) — to correspond
  • Macedonian: се по́клопи (se póklopi) — to correspond
  • Portuguese: coincidir — to correspond
  • Russian: совпада́ть (sovpadátʹ) — to correspond
  • Russian: совпа́сть (sovpástʹ) — to correspond
  • Russian: соотве́тствовать (sootvétstvovatʹ) — to correspond
  • Spanish: coincidir — to correspond
  • Swedish: överensstämma — to correspond
  • Thai: สอดคล้อง (sɔ̀ɔt-klɔ́ɔng) — to correspond
  • Ukrainian: збіга́тися (zbihátysja) — to correspond
  • Ukrainian: збі́гтися (zbíhtysja) — to correspond
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