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Definition
to be similar — especially to happen at the same time or place- The two events coincided
coincided = happened at the same time
- The interests of our countries coincide.
- The publication of the book will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the event.
- I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own.Jane Austen -- Sense and Sensibility
- They have heard that the Russians are advancing, and the uprising was planned to coincide with their arrival, to assist them in liberating the camp.Heather Morris -- The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- Hanukkah and St. Nicholas Day nearly coincided this year; they were only one day apart.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- Time passes, and gradually our breathing begins to coincide just as it did this morning.Nicholas Sparks -- The Notebook
- The attention paid to the team as a result of their victory coincided with a backlash against immigrants in Arizona.Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
- By the light of the lantern I saw the butt twist slowly around till its sides coincided with the sides of the step.Jack London -- Sea Wolf
- But how seldom two imaginations coincide!Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
- There we'll keep our hands busy in a new, independent nation, whose hopes coincide with our own.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- "When you and I speak, our speech rhythms will begin to coincide in a process called alignment," he said.Robert MacNeil and William Crane -- Do You Speak American?
- In no city did these two briefings coincide.John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me
- If Gerald coincided, he would give her a lift in his dailyhansom, the same generally; in summer the cabby wore a red carnation.Virginia Woolf -- A Sketch of the Past
- For her admissions never exactly coincided with his doubts.Marcel Proust -- Swann's Way
- It is only with their mind that I can deal and only for my own self interest, when they see that my interest coincides with theirs.Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- In short, Mr. Ambassador, your explanation of last Friday does not coincide with the facts we have physically established.Tom Clancy -- The Hunt for Red October
- The story is a long period of silence coinciding with Cain's inactivity.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- "I am honored," he began, "that my coronation coincides with our most revered holiday.Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
- Our opinions may not exactly coincide but we can still discuss the matter peaceably.Eugene Ionesco -- Rhinoceros
coincide = are similar
coincide = happen at the same time
coincide = occur at the same time
coincided = happened at the same time
coincide = correspond