All 4 Uses
coincidence
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- Too much of a coincidence.†
Chpt 4. *coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- He's getting old, and it is winter over there, but who believes in coincidences?†
Chpt 8.coincidences = situations where things happened at the same time by chance even though they were unlikely
- That's kind of an odd set of coincidences, sir.†
Chpt 8.
- Though a few miles off the ship's log, it was too close to have been a coincidence.†
Chpt 17.coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was 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