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coincide

co·in·cide [ k in sd ] (past and past participle co·in·cid·ed, present participle co·in·cid·ing, 3rd person present singular co·in·cides)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. happen at same time: to happen at or around the same time

2. be same in position or form: to occupy the same place, or be exactly alike in position or form

3. agree: to agree exactly

[Early 18th century. < medieval Latin coincidere "fall upon together" < Latin incidere "fall upon" < cadere "to fall"]
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