Coincide

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/

Definitions

1. To happen at the same time or in the same place while also showing agreement or harmony of opinions
2. To occur at exactly the same moment or location ; to share the same perspective or opinion
3. When two or more events take place simultaneously ; when ideas or views align closely

Etymology: The idea behind "coincide" is literal: two things falling into the same place at the same time. Its Latin parts are "con-", meaning "together", and "incidere", built from "in-" ("into, to") and "cadere" ("to fall"), so "incidere" meant to fall upon or into something. Medieval Latin then formed "coincidere", and French took it up as "coïncider" before English borrowed the verb. The sense has been stretched in two directions. The first is time: when two events fall at the same moment, they coincide. The second is agreement, so that two opinions or accounts that land on the same point are said to coincide. Both uses grow from the same picture of things meeting at one spot, whether that spot is a moment on the clock or a point of view.

Synonyms: concur, match, agree, correspond, intersect

Antonyms: differ, disagree, diverge, conflict, contradict