Both Uses of
coincidence
in
1984, by Orwell
- Perhaps after all she was not really following him about, perhaps it was coincidence that she had sat so close to him two days running.†
p. 62.5 *coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- It was too great a coincidence.†
p. 101.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(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) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely coincidence can refer to things coinciding (occurring or operating at the same place or time). For example:- the coincidence of a target and cross hairs
- the coincidence of entangled particles in quantum physics