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cohort n. 1 troop, squad, squadron, platoon, brigade, unit, cadre,
wing, legion, detachment, contingent: Ten select Roman cohorts
were sent against the Mitanni. 2 company, band, group, faction,
set, body, corps: She was a member of a small cohort of
suffragettes. 3 companion, confederate, accomplice, associate,
fellow, comrade, friend, confrŠre: Gerald then arrived with a
few of his cohorts.
coil v. 1 wind, twist, coil, snake, wrap, enwrap, spiral, Nautical
fake or flake (down): The rope is coiled round a capstan.
--n. 2 winding(s), circle(s), loop, whorl, spiral, helix,
twist: His foot caught in the coil of rope and he was carried
overboard.
coin n. 1 specie, money, currency; change, cash, silver: I have
only a few coins in my pocket. As he had no notes he had to pay
in coin.
--v. 2 mint, stamp: The US government has stopped coining
silver dollars. 3 invent, create, conceive, originate, start,
make up, fabricate, frame, concoct, think or dream up: James
Joyce coined the word 'quark'. 4 coin it in or US only coin
money. earn or make money, become wealthy, enrich oneself,
Colloq rake it in: Those rock stars really coin it in from
their record sales.
coincide v. fall or come or go together, line up, co-occur, correspond,
synchronize, match, tally, agree, (be in) accord, equal, jibe:
This year, Easter and Passover coincide. The southern boundary
coincides with the Thames.
coincidence
n. 1 co-occurrence, simultaneity, correspondence, concurrence,
consistency, contemporaneity, synchronism, synchrony,
coextension, coevality, coinstantaneity: The coincidence of
twelve by the clock with noon by the sundial is exact only four
times in the year. 2 congruence, matching, jibing, agreement,
concord, accord, harmony, accordance, conformity, congruity,
consonance, concomitance: Fortunately there was a coincidence
of views on the main issues. 3 chance occurrence, fluke,
chance, accident, luck, fortuity, fortuitousness, US and
Canadian happenstance: By sheer coincidence, I met my next-door