coincide

See also: coïncide and coïncidé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

coincide (third-person singular simple present coincides, present participle coinciding, simple past and past participle coincided) (intransitive)

  1. To occupy exactly the same space.
    The two squares coincide nicely.
  2. To occur at the same time.
    Synonym: concur
    The conference will coincide with his vacation.
    • 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 835:
      The last train ran on December 31, 1932, almost unnoticed, for it coincided with the running of the last steam passenger train down the main line from London to Brighton, a much more momentous event.
  3. To correspond, concur, or agree.
    Our ideas coincide, except in certain areas.

Derived terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 33 e)

Translations

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Anagrams

Galician

Verb

coincide

  1. inflection of coincidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.inˈt͡ʃi.de/
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation: co‧in‧cì‧de

Verb

coincide

  1. third-person singular present indicative of coincidere

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

coincide

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of coincidō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ĩˈsi.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ĩˈsi.de/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kwĩˈsi.dɨ/ [kwĩˈsi.ðɨ]

  • Hyphenation: co‧in‧ci‧de

Verb

coincide

  1. inflection of coincidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coïncider.

Verb

a coincide (third-person singular present coincide, past participle coincis, third-person subjunctive coincidă) 3rd conjugation

  1. to coincide

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koinˈθide/ [kõĩn̟ˈθi.ð̞e] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /koinˈside/ [kõĩnˈsi.ð̞e] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Syllabification: coin‧ci‧de

Verb

coincide

  1. inflection of coincidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative