All 4 Uses of
coincidence
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- what a coincidence!†
Chpt 3 *coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- "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 12coincidences = situations where things happened at the same time by chance even though they were unlikely
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