coincidence noun - definition in Learners Dictionary

coincidence

/kəʊˈɪnsɪd^əns/ noun [C, U]

› when two very similar things happen at the same time but there is no reason for it:

an amazing/strange coincidence

It was pure coincidence that we both married dentists.

coincidental coincidental: listen to British English pronunciation

/kəʊˌɪnsɪˈdent^əl/ adjective

› happening by coincidence:

The similarities are coincidental.

coincidentally coincidentally: listen to British English pronunciation

/kəʊˌɪnsɪˈdent^əli/ adverb

(Definition of coincidence noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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