coincide

If two events do this, they happen at the same time.

• Our holidays coincide this year.
• Her birthday coincided with the school trip.
• Does your visit coincide with the festival?

How to use it: coincide with something (Our visit coincided with the town’s summer festival.)

Similar words: happen together

Common phrases: coincide with something, coincide in time, happen to coincide

If ideas, wishes, or accounts do this, they agree or match.

• Our views coincide on this issue.
• His wishes coincided with mine.
• The results coincide with our earlier findings.

How to use it: coincide with something (Her account coincides with what the other witnesses said.)

Similar words: agree, match, correspond

Opposites: differ, conflict

Common phrases: views coincide, interests coincide, coincide with something

To cover or occupy exactly the same place.

• The two circles coincide exactly.
• These points coincide on the map.
• When we placed one square over the other, their edges coincided.

How to use it: coincide with something (The edge of this shape coincides with the line below it.)

Similar words: overlap exactly

Common phrases: coincide exactly, coincide with something, coincide in space