Coincidence
/koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
Definitions
The occurrence of events that happen at the same time by chance, and seem to be related.
/koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
Meeting my childhood friend in a foreign country was a remarkable coincidence.
💡 Simply: Imagine you and your friend both wear the same shirt to school. That's a coincidence! It happened by chance, not because you planned it.
👶 For kids: When two things happen at the same time without planning, that's a coincidence!
More Examples
Their shared birthday was just a coincidence.
How It's Used
"It was pure coincidence that we met at the coffee shop."
"The researchers dismissed the correlation as a mere coincidence."
Idioms & expressions
It's just a coincidence
Used to dismiss a seemingly related event as purely accidental.
"'You both got the same job?' 'It's just a coincidence.'"
From Middle French *coincidence, from Latin coincidere "to fall together", from com- "together" + incidere "to fall".
The word's usage has remained consistent throughout history, referring primarily to chance occurrences.
Memory tip
Coin-cidence: Two coins landing heads up at the same time—a chance event.