coinciding
Definition
- Adjective:
- Occurring or operating at the same time: Describing two or more events, actions, or conditions that happen simultaneously or overlap in time.
- Corresponding exactly in nature, position, or time: Describing things that are identical or in perfect agreement, often by chance.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The coinciding deadlines for the two projects created a lot of stress. (The simultaneous deadlines caused stress.)
- It was remarkable that their coinciding opinions led to an immediate agreement. (Their perfectly matching opinions led to quick agreement.)
- The power outage was coinciding with the severe thunderstorm. (The outage was happening at the same time as the storm.)
Advanced Usage
- "coinciding with": This is the most common prepositional phrase used with the adjective.
- Her arrival at the station was coinciding with the departure of my train. (Her arrival was happening at the same moment as my train's departure.)
- Used in formal, academic, or technical contexts (e.g., statistics, physics, scheduling) to describe concurrent phenomena or matching data points.
Variants and Related Words
- Coincide (verb): To occur at the same time or to correspond in nature or opinion.
- Our vacations coincide this year.
- Coincidence (noun): A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
- Meeting you here is a happy coincidence.
- Coincident (adjective): Occurring together in space or time; exactly corresponding.
- Coincident lines on the graph.
- Coincidental (adjective): Resulting from a coincidence; happening by chance.
- Our meeting was purely coincidental.
Synonyms
- Concurrent: Happening or existing at the same time.
- Simultaneous: Occurring, operating, or done at the same time.
- Synchronous: Existing or occurring at the same time.
- Concomitant: Naturally accompanying or associated.
Antonyms
- Separate: Not joined or connected.
- Asynchronous: Not existing or occurring at the same time.
- Sequential: Forming or following a logical order or sequence in time.
Related Phrases
- Coinciding interests: Interests that are identical or very similar.
- Their partnership was built on coinciding interests in environmental conservation.
- Coinciding schedules: Schedules that have matching available times.
- Finding a meeting time was difficult due to a lack of coinciding schedules.
Adjective
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occurring or operating at the same time
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a series of coincident events
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