verb · academic
coincide
UK/ˌkəʊɪnˈsaɪd/US/ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/co·in·CIDE
Band 7+speakingtask2
to happen at the same time or to be the same as something else
Examples
“The rise in temperatures coincided with a decline in rainfall.”
“Their conclusions coincide with earlier studies on education.”
“If two events coincide, they happen at the same time.”
Band 8 sentence
“The peak in urban migration coincided with a period of rapid industrial expansion, suggesting a structural link.”
Collocations
- coincide with
Word family
coincide verbcoincidence nouncoincident adjective
Common mistakes
coincide to→coincide with
coincide (no -s with singular subject)→coincides
Say it for a higher band
5happen at the same time→6occur together→7+coincide
Synonyms
occur simultaneously
Easily confused
correspond
“The distribution of jobs corresponds to the education levels of the population.”
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