verb · neutral
coincide
UK/ˌkəʊ.ɪnˈsaɪd/US/ˌkoʊ.ɪnˈsaɪd/co·in·CIDE
Band 7+speakingtask2
to happen at the same time or to agree in position/opinion
Examples
“The festival coincides with the harvest season.”
“Their views coincided on the importance of renewable energy.”
“If our schedules coincide, we can meet next Tuesday.”
Band 8 sentence
“The timing of the policy change coincided with a period of rapid economic restructuring, which complicated its effects.”
Collocations
- coincide with
- coincide in opinion
Word family
coincidence nouncoincident adjective
Common mistakes
coincide on→coincide with / coincide in
coincide each other→coincide with each other
Say it for a higher band
5happen at the same time→6occur together→7+coincide
Synonyms
concur
Easily confused
concur
“I concur with the committee's recommendation.”
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