coincidence
[noun]
Synonyms:
- chance, accident, fluke, happy accident, luck, stroke of luck
- coinciding, concurrence, conjunction, correlation, correspondence

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

co‧in‧ci‧dence /kəʊˈɪnsədəns, kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns $ koʊ-/ noun

1. [uncountable and countable] when two things happen at the same time, in the same place, or to the same people in a way that seems surprising or unusual ⇒ coincide, coincidental:
‘I’m going to Appleby tomorrow.’ ‘What a coincidence! I’m going there too.’
by coincidence
By coincidence, John and I both ended up at Yale.
sheer/pure coincidence (=completely by chance)
It was sheer coincidence that we were staying in the same hotel.
not a coincidence/more than coincidence (=not chance, but deliberate)
I think it is more than coincidence that all the complaints have come from the same group of people.

2. [singular] formal when two ideas, opinions etc are the same
coincidence of
a coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

coincidence
noun
ADJ. complete, pure, sheer It was pure coincidence that they were both in Paris on the same day.
mere | happy What a happy coincidence to meet you at the airport just when I wanted to see you.
unfortunate, unhappy | amazing, curious, extraordinary, funny, incredible, odd, remarkable, strange, wonderful
QUANT. series, set, string They met through a series of strange coincidences.
COINCIDENCE + VERB happen Remarkable coincidences do happen in real life.
PREP. by (a) ~ By coincidence, we both went to the same school. By an unfortunate coincidence, their house was burgled on the day he lost his job.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

coincidence

sheer/pure coincidence (=complete chance)
It was pure coincidence that we were on the same plane.
mere coincidence (=only chance and nothing else)
Is it mere coincidence that they always seem to employ men?
a happy/lucky/fortunate coincidence
It was just a happy coincidence that he was there too.
an unfortunate coincidence
By a very unfortunate coincidence, she didn’t get either of his emails.
a strange/curious coincidence
What a strange coincidence that you were both living in Bangkok at the same time.
a remarkable/amazing/extraordinary coincidence
What an extraordinary coincidence meeting you here!
it is a coincidence that
It was a remarkable coincidence that two people with the same name were staying at the hotel.
it is not a/no coincidence that (=it is deliberate)
It is no coincidence that the Government made the announcement today.
be more than (a) coincidence (=there is some other explanation)
When I saw him a third time, I realized it was more than just coincidence.
a string/series/set of coincidences
The accident happened because of a string of unfortunate coincidences.

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