coincident

[ koh-in-si-duhnt ]

adjective

1. happening at the same time.

   Synonyms: synchronous, simultaneous

2. coinciding; occupying the same place or position.
3. exactly corresponding.
4. in exact agreement (usually followed by with ).

coincident

/ kəʊˈɪnsɪdənt /

adjective

1. having the same position in space or time
2. usuallypostpositive and foll by with in exact agreement; consonant

Other Words From

• nonco·inci·dent adjective
• preco·inci·dent adjective
• preco·inci·dent·ly adverb
• super·co·inci·dent adjective
• super·co·inci·dent·ly adverb
• unco·inci·dent adjective
• unco·inci·dent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of coincident¹

1555–65; < Medieval Latin coincident- (stem of coincidēns ) present participle of coincidere to coincide; -ent

Synonym Study

See contemporary.

Example Sentences

MeerKAT sees a small blob of radio emission in the center of the ring, which is coincident with a distant galaxy.

From Singularity Hub 

Referencing incidents that spurred the divorce filing, the judge wrote that there was a “pattern of domestic abuse occurring coincident to the initiation of this case.”

From ProPublica

He knew that the coincident clicks came from cosmic rays, charged particles from space that bang into air molecules in the sky, triggering particle showers that rain down to the ground.

From Quanta Magazine

The federal deficit has never fallen as fast as it's falling now without a coincident recession.

From The Daily Beast

His first hard struggle for deliverance was coincident with his last hour of earthly peace.

From Project Gutenberg

And coincident with the same, she became the recipient of numerous offers from almost everywhere.

From Project Gutenberg

Almost coincident with the last stroke came the sweeter note of a silver gong from somewhere close at hand.

From Project Gutenberg

The events which led to their conviction were curiously coincident.

From Project Gutenberg

The little uplift of mood, coincident with the rifling of Riggs's person, had not worn over to this evening camp.

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