coincidence

koh-IN-sih-dens

meaning in plain English

When two things happen at the same time or place by chance without being planned or connected.

Coincidence: picture two strangers bumping into each other with the same umbrella at the exact same stop—pure chance meeting.

for example

It was just a coincidence that we both wore the same shirt to the party.

Imagine you bump into an old friend in a city you’ve never been to before—how likely is that? That’s a coincidence, a rare moment where two separate things line up by pure chance, with no cause or link between them.