Both Uses of
coincide
in
Do You Speak American?
- "When you and I speak, our speech rhythms will begin to coincide in a process called alignment," he said.†
Chpt 8 *
- Barbara Wallraff says this may well matter to the future of English: "The more we need to use English to communicate with machines—or with people whose fluency is limited, or whose understanding of English does not coincide with ours—the more simplified the language will need to be."†
Chpt 8
Definition:
to be similar -- especially to happen at the same time or place