verb · academic
coincide
UK/ˌkəʊ.ɪnˈsaɪd/US/ˌkoʊ.ɪnˈsaɪd/co·in·CIDE
Band 5-6task2speaking
to happen at the same time or to be the same as something else
Examples
“Our research findings coincide with earlier studies.”
“The festival coincided with the university’s graduation week.”
“Their views coinced on the importance of environmental protection.”
Band 8 sentence
“The peak in emissions coincided with a period of unusually high industrial activity, suggesting a causal relationship.”
Collocations
- coincide with
- coincide in (opinions)
Word family
coincidence nouncoincident adj
Common mistakes
coincide to→coincide with
Say it for a higher band
5match→6correspond→7+coincide
Synonyms
concur
correspond
Easily confused
concur
“All panel members concurred with the recommendation.”
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