coincident

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /koʊˈɪnsɪdənt/ UK /kəʊˈɪnsɪdənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
occurring together in time or space; corresponding

The festival is coincident with the harvest each year.

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Synonyms

1 adj · occurring together in time... concurrent simultaneous contemporaneous corresponding synchronous concomitant

Opposites

divergent unrelated

Word family

Derived forms coincidently

Related forms coincide coincidence coincidental incident

Etymology

From Medieval Latin coincidens, present participle of coincidere 'to fall together, agree', from co- 'together' + incidere 'to fall upon', from in- 'on' + cadere 'to fall'.

coincidere Latin cadere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# coincident

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /koʊˈɪnsɪdənt/
**IPA (UK):** /kəʊˈɪnsɪdənt/

## Meanings
1. occurring together in time or space; corresponding

## Examples
- The festival is coincident with the harvest each year.

## Synonyms
- concurrent
- simultaneous
- contemporaneous
- corresponding
- synchronous
- concomitant

## Antonyms
- divergent
- unrelated

## Derived Forms
- coincidently

## Related Forms
- coincide
- coincidence
- coincidental
- incident

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: coincidere
- Root: cadere

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin coincidens, present participle of coincidere 'to fall together, agree', from co- 'together' + incidere 'to fall upon', from in- 'on' + cadere 'to fall'.

## AI Etymology
Coincident comes from Medieval Latin coincidens, present participle of coincidere 'to fall together, agree', from co- 'together' + incidere 'to fall upon', from in- 'on' + cadere 'to fall'. The historical trail runs through Latin coincidere and Latin cadere. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means occurring together in time or space; corresponding. Derived formations include coincidently; related forms include coincide, coincidence, coincidental, incident.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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