Coincides

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To happen simultaneously or in the same location as another event or object
2. Existing or taking place at exactly the same moment or spot as something else
3. To occur together in time or space, matching another occurrence closely

Etymology: The verb "coincides" is the third-person singular form of "coincide," so its story is really the story of the verb itself. The core image is literal falling together: the Latin "incidere" combines "in-" (into, to) with "cadere," meaning "to fall," so to incide was to fall upon or happen to something. Add the prefix "con-" (together) and you get a sense of two things falling into the same place at the same moment. The word passed into English through French "coïncider," which was built on Medieval Latin "coincidere." Medieval Latin, the scholarly language of the period, extended the older Latin sense so that the word could describe things lining up exactly, not just happening to occur. From that root English gained the abstract "coincidence," and the verb took on the meaning of two things occupying the same moment or spot.

Synonyms: concur, correspond, match

Antonyms: diverge, disagree