coincide

Verb

US[koh-in-sahyd]/ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

go with, fall togetherSynonyms: co-occur cooccurMore general coexist, cohabitMore specific overlap
happen simultaneously“The two events coincided”Synonyms: concurMore general happen, hap
be the same“our views on this matter coincided”More general match, fit

Word of the day · Nov 15About this word

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Co′in·cide′ intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Coincided; present participle & verbal noun Coinciding.]

Origin: L. co- + incidere to fall on; in + cadere to fall: cf. F. coïncider. See Chance, noun

1. To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.

If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless.— George Cheyne

2. To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.

3. To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.

The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other.— Henry Watts

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54