coincidence UK /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/US /koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ noun4 •a situation in which events seem to be connected for a reason, but really happen by chanceThat the two writers were born and died on the same day is just a coincidence, although there are many conspiracy theories about it.It is sheer coincidence that the cartoon resembles the local politician. •The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place. •A coincidence point. •A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence. formscoincidences