To occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same position in a scale or series: as, a temperature of 25° on the centigrade scale coincides with one of 77° on the scale of Fahrenheit; the rise of the church coincides with the decline of the Roman empire.To concur; agree; correspond exactly: as, the judges did not coincide in opinion; that did not coincide with my views.