coincide

coïncider

Se produire au même moment, en parlant de deux événements.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : coincide with something (Our visit coincided with the town’s summer festival.)

Synonymes : happen together

Expressions courantes : coincide with something, coincide in time, happen to coincide

concorder, coïncider

S’accorder ou correspondre, en parlant d’idées, de souhaits ou de récits.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : coincide with something (Her account coincides with what the other witnesses said.)

Synonymes : agree, match, correspond

Contraires : differ, conflict

Expressions courantes : views coincide, interests coincide, coincide with something

coïncider, se superposer

Occuper ou couvrir exactement le même endroit.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : coincide with something (The edge of this shape coincides with the line below it.)

Synonymes : overlap exactly

Expressions courantes : coincide exactly, coincide with something, coincide in space