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coincident.

Of two or more objects: being in the same location.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/Received-Pronunciation/koʊˈɪnsəd(ə)nt/General-American/-ˌdɛnt/General-American
  1. Of two or more objects: being in the same location.

  2. Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.

  3. Of two or more things: having the same qualities; being in accordance; consonant, matching.

  4. Chiefly followed by to: accompanying, concomitant, incident.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

The adjective is borrowed from French coïncident, from Medieval Latin coincidentem, an accusative singular form of Latin coincidēns (“coinciding”), the present active participle of coincidō (“to coincide”), from co- (variant of con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects)) + incidō (“to fall into any condition”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”)). The noun is derived from the adjective.

noun/kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/Received-Pronunciation/koʊˈɪnsəd(ə)nt/General-American/-ˌdɛnt/General-American
  1. One of multiple incidents or things which coincide with each other; a concomitant.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

The adjective is borrowed from French coïncident, from Medieval Latin coincidentem, an accusative singular form of Latin coincidēns (“coinciding”), the present active participle of coincidō (“to coincide”), from co- (variant of con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects)) + incidō (“to fall into any condition”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”)). The noun is derived from the adjective.

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