All 4 Uses of
coincidence
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Oo! what a coincidence!†
Chpt 3 *
- "On the contrary, I am struck by a coincidence," cried Ivan, warmly and good-humoredly.†
Chpt 5
- At the same time the prisoner's father was captivated by the same young person—a strange and fatal coincidence, for they both lost their hearts to her simultaneously, though both had known her before.†
Chpt 12
- Oh, I admit that the chain of evidence—the coincidences—are really suggestive.†
Chpt 12
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)