All 4 Uses
coincidence
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Catch-22
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- There was a sinister and unlikely coincidence exposed that was too diabolical in implication to be anything less than the most hideous of omens.†
Chpt 21 *coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- What a charming coincidence!†
Chpt 23
- The chaplain lit up with excitement at this new coincidence.†
Chpt 25
- The sinister coincidence shook him and filled him with doubt and dread.†
Chpt 39
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