Vocabulary
Coincidence
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
Urdu meaning
زمانی مطابقت، اتفاق
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Is it a matter of mere coincidence that all of these states have been `taken out`, while Iran is fighting an existential war as we speak?
Dawn Editorials —
Iran endgame
— 2026-03-03
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It`s not a coincidence that the economically backward regions of KP and Balochistan are most affected by the ongoing insurgency.
Dawn Editorials —
Poverty and privilege
— 2026-02-25
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It`s a coincidence that a very charismatic Indian cricketer of the 1960s and 1970s, Nawab Mansoor Pataudi, was nicknamed Tiger Pataudi.
Dawn Editorials —
Eye for an eye
— 2026-02-24
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NDIA`S renewed push to fast-track several disputed hydropower projects on the Indus basin rivers controlled by Pakistan is not a coincidence.
Dawn Editorials —
Malicious intent
— 2025-12-31
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It was not a coincidence that India`s Hindu and Muslim revivalist groups were both in jail during Indira Gandhi`s 1975-77 emergency.Their bonhomie continued outside the prisons, across the borders.
Dawn Editorials —
A pact between kindred spirits
— 2025-10-14
Synonyms
accident, chance, serendipity, fate, a twist of fate
Antonyms
difference, disagreement, disconnection, discord, division, nonconformity
Curator example
“it was a coincidence that she was wearing a jersey like Laura’s”
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