coincide

同時に起こる、重なる

二つの出来事が同じ時に起こる。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： coincide with something (Our visit coincided with the town’s summer festival.)

類義語： happen together

よく使う表現： coincide with something, coincide in time, happen to coincide

一致する、合致する

考えや希望、説明などが互いに合っている。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： coincide with something (Her account coincides with what the other witnesses said.)

類義語： agree, match, correspond

反対語： differ, conflict

よく使う表現： views coincide, interests coincide, coincide with something

重なり合う、一致する

全く同じ場所を占める、またはぴったり重なる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： coincide with something (The edge of this shape coincides with the line below it.)

類義語： overlap exactly

よく使う表現： coincide exactly, coincide with something, coincide in space