Both Uses
coincidence
in
The Great Gatsby
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- "It was a strange coincidence," I said.†
p. 78.4 *coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- But it wasn't a coincidence at all.†
p. 78.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(coincidence) a situation where two things happened at the same time or in the same way by chance even though it was unlikely
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely coincidence can refer to things coinciding (occurring or operating at the same place or time). For example:
- the coincidence of a target and cross hairs
- the coincidence of entangled particles in quantum physics