coincide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb go with, fall together
    co-occur; cooccur.
  2. verb happen simultaneously
    concur.
    • The two events coincided
  3. verb be the same
    • our views on this matter coincided

WordNet

Co`in*cide" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. co- + incidere to fall on; in + cadere to fall: cf. F. coïncider. See Chance, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Coincided ; present participle & verbal noun Coinciding
Definitions
  1. To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.
    If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless. Cheyne.
  2. To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.
  3. To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.
    The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other. Watts.

Webster 1913