All 3 Uses of
coincidence
in
Crime and Punishment
- And in all this he was always afterwards disposed to see something strange and mysterious, as it were, the presence of some peculiar influences and coincidences.†
Chpt 1.6
- This coincidence always seemed strange to him.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- "Bah!" the stranger repeated again, wondering at the strange coincidence, and he rang next door, at No. 8.†
Chpt 3.4
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)