verb

coincide

to coincide, to occur at the same time, to agree

My birthday coincides with a public holiday.

My birthday coincides with a public holiday.

His views coincide with mine on this matter.

His views coincide with mine on this matter.

((with sth.)) to happen at the same time as (sth.) The festival coincides with the start of the school holidays.

((with sth.)) to be the same or very similar to (sth.) Her tastes in music coincide with his.

Synonyms: occur together, agree, correspond; Antonyms: differ, diverge

From Latin 'co-' (together) + 'incidere' (to fall upon). Literally 'to fall upon together', meaning two events happening at the same time.

Imagine two events 'falling' into the same time slot 'together'.

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