Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Occupying the same area in space or happening at the same time: synonym: contemporary.
- adjective Being in agreement or harmony.
- adjective Matching point for point; coinciding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Occupying the same place in space, or the same position in a scale or series; coinciding.
- Happening at the same time; coexistent: with with.
- Concurrent; exactly corresponding; in all respects conformable; consistent.
- noun A concurrence; a coincidence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by
with . - noun rare One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of two events Occurring at the same
time . - adjective of two objects Being in the same
location . - adjective Being in
accordance , matching.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective matching point for point
- adjective occurring or operating at the same time
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Examples
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This fourth estate, in the recesses of whose heart there lies no germ of a new and further development of privilege, is therefore a term coincident with the human race.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892
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Are we not cultivating the belief that we are fit and capable for any military strain coincident with invasion?
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Contrary to popular belief, there's no Japanese term coincident with the word Wii -
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I don't find this solution "coincident" - it seems an apt explanation if the earliest version of a manuscript we have seems to already reflect some sort of mutilation.
Scriptural Evolution James F. McGrath 2009
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But the executive officers are appointed by the mayor for terms coincident with his own, that is for two years.
Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins John Fiske 1871
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I am sure this will now be referred to as a coincident!
The Guardian World News Paul Hayward 2010
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I am sure this will now be referred to as a coincident!
The Guardian World News Paul Wilson 2010
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What is happening right now based on current data. (referred to as a coincident indicator) Economic indicators are designed to try and give a picture of
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What is happening right now based on current data. (referred to as a coincident indicator) Economic indicators are designed to try and give a picture of
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Bright Future does call for a temporary increase in Natural Gas production in the short term coincident with retiring coal burning plants which account for 22\% of the regions power but 87\% of the grids carbon emissions.
BlueOregon 2009
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