Vocabulary
Coincidence
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
Urdu meaning
زمانی مطابقت، اتفاق
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- It is a happy coincidence that the first Pakistan Commander-in-Chief of our Army is a Frontierman and an Old Boy of the Aligarh Muslim University.
- The ceasefire announcement followed shortly after Iran had retaliated by lobbing a few missiles towards the US`s Al Udeid base in Qatar, which may or may not be a coincidence.
- It couldn`t be a coincidence that Iran and Russia, key pillars of the coming multipolar world, are in the crosshairs of the West.
- It is, then, no coincidence that Islamophobia in Western states has risen as xenophobic forces have gained more political power.
- Not entirely by coincidence, the seeds of India`s organised fascist movement also sprouted the same year with the founding of the Hindu revanchist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Synonyms
accident, chance, serendipity, fate, a twist of fate
Antonyms
difference, disagreement, disconnection, discord, division, nonconformity
Curator example
“it was a coincidence that she was wearing a jersey like Laura’s”
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