单词 | coincide |
释义 | coincidev. 1. intransitive. To fall together and agree in position; to occupy the same area or portion of space (as e.g. the superposed triangles in Euclid i. 8); to be identical in area and position. Said of points, lines, or any geometrical magnitudes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > occupy the same space coincide1715 1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. v. 260 If the Equator and Ecliptick had coincided, it would have rendered the Annual Revolution of the Earth useless. 1756 Simson Euclid, Axiom 8 Magnitudes which coincide with one another, that is, which exactly fill the same space, are equal to one another. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 366 A plane..such as coincides with the curved surface of the earth. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art I. 68 (new ed.) The centre of motion should coincide with the centre of gravity of the wheel. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 275 The southern boundary coincides with the watershed of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra. 2. To occur or happen at the same time; to occupy the same space of time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > be simultaneous [verb (intransitive)] convene?1541 concur1596 synchronizec1624 contemporatea1638 contemporize1643 coincidate1657 conterminate1664 tryst1669 coexista1676 coincide1809 date1821 simultane1897 co-occur1957 1809 J. Jebb Let. 1 Feb. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) I. 475 Abruptness of sentiment, may very well coincide with length of line. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church (ed. 2) I. xvii. 377 The chief feast of the year..coincided [ed. 1 co-existed] with the Festival of the vintage. 3. To be identical in substance, nature, or character; to agree exactly, to be in precise harmony or accord with. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)] to go ineOE cordc1380 consentc1386 covin1393 condescend1477 agree1481 correspond1545 concur1590 to fall in1602 suffrage1614 to hit it1634 colour1639 to take with ——1646 to be with1648 to fall into ——1668 to run in1688 to think with1688 meet1694 coincide1705 to go in1713 to say ditto to1775 to see with ——1802 sympathize1828 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)] > exactly jump1567 coincidate1657 coincide1705 tally1705 pary1716 1705 Berkeley Wks. (1871) IV. 442. 1705 W. Wollaston in Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. I. 201. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. (R.) If..this obedience or practice of reason coincides with the observation of truth. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xii. 253 Thus Morality and Religion, Virtue and Piety, will at last necessarily co-incide, run up into one and the same point. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. v. 104 The true interest of an absolute monarch generally coincides with that of his people. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. x. 440 The description coincides with the authentic letters of the visitors. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 193 His interest happily coincided with his duty. 4. Of persons: To accord or concur (in opinion, sentiment, etc.). ΚΠ 1808 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 11) VI. xvi. iii. 206 The Archæans would not coincide with him in opinion. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. vi. 268 The great majority..too apprehensive of the consequences of prohibition, to coincide in the recommendation. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) I. i. v. 89 Whether we coincide or not in this doctrine. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or be demolished to-fallc893 to-reosea900 tipc1400 to go together1549 to come downa1552 demolish1610 coincide1673 collapse1732 stave1797 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. v. 93 Yet is it [sc. the pith] not to be dryed after cutting; because its several parts will thereupon coincide and become deformed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1673 |
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