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

coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely

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 *

coincidences = situations where things happened at the same time by chance even though they were unlikely

Neither did he call it a curious coincidence that true patriotism was his only motive too.†
Chpt 2.3

coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely

Definitions:

(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