Meaning & use
coincide
To happen at the same time as something else, or to be in exact agreement.
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Her birthday happens to coincide with the town's annual festival.
The witnesses' accounts of the accident largely coincided with each other.
A note on using this word
Coincide can describe either events happening simultaneously or opinions and facts matching; context clarifies which meaning applies.
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