All 13 Uses
coincidence
in
The ABC Murders
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- Of course it might be a coincidence.†
Chpt 4coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- But I don't like this kind of coincidence, Mr. Poirot.†
Chpt 4
- In my own mind I had put down the anonymous letter with its mention of the 21st as a mere coincidence.†
Chpt 5
- Surely-surely this could not be a second coincidence?†
Chpt 5
- On the other hand, it may be that the name Ascher was a coincidence-that the victim this time, no matter what her name is, will again be an old woman who keeps a shop.†
Chpt 8
- Bexhill succeeding to Andover may be a mere coincidence.†
Chpt 8
- It would be too much of a coincidence to combine the two.
Chpt 13 *coincidence = a situation where two things happened at the same time or in the same way by chance even though it was unlikely
- That cannot be coincidence.†
Chpt 21coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- I tell you, my friends, it cannot be coincidence.†
Chpt 21
- That's a bit of a coincidence, isn't it?†
Chpt 22
- Lily-my young lady said as how she hoped he wouldn't cop it for this A.B.C. fellow going to Doncaster-and then she says it's rather a coincidence because he was down Churston way at the time of the last crime.†
Chpt 28
- Of course, it's very slight evidence-these dates may be mere coincidence and the likeness of the name, too.†
Chpt 28
- Trying to make out that Mr. Cust was that dreadful monster, A.B.C...Just because of his initials and because of a few coincidences.†
Chpt 28coincidences = 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
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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