All 6 Uses
coincidence
in
The Fountainhead
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- It's such a convenient coincidence that he happens to be your father's partner.†
Chpt 2.8 *coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- A funny coincidence, wasn't it?†
Chpt 2.11
- It's no coincidence at all, my dear.†
Chpt 2.11
- Things like that are never a coincidence.†
Chpt 2.11
- "No," she whispered, "things like that are never a coincidence."†
Chpt 4.4
- Isn't it just the cutest coincidence that it was Mrs. Wynand who just so conveniently sent the watchman away at just the right time?†
Chpt 4.13
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
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(2)
(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