All 5 Uses of
coincidence
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- "That's a coincidence, too," the guard mused, "for I made the same of it myself."†
Chpt 1.2
- He had known the last witness seven or eight years; that was merely a coincidence.†
Chpt 2.3
- He didn't call it a particularly curious coincidence; most coincidences were curious.†
Chpt 2.3
- He didn't call it a particularly curious coincidence; most coincidences were curious.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- Neither did he call it a curious coincidence that true patriotism was his only motive too.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(coincidence) a situation where two things happened at the same time or in the same way by chance even though it was unlikely
(for example, if two students in the same class met by accident while visiting another country)