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 tocoincide with

Say it for a higher band

5match6correspond7+coincide

Synonyms

concur

correspond

Easily confused

concur

All panel members concurred with the recommendation.

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