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Let \((X,d)\) be a complete metric space. Given \(f\) and \(T\), single-valued and multivalued maps, respectively, one looks for conditions for the existence of a coincidence point, namely a point \(t\) such that \(f(t)\in T(t)\). Such type of results were proved by \textit{H. K. Pathak} [Acta Math. Hung. 67, 69-78 (1995; Zbl 0821.54027)] and by \textit{H. K. Pathak}, \textit{S. M. Kang} and \textit{Y. J. Cho} [Czech. Math. J. 48, 341-357 (1998; Zbl 0949.54057)]. There, the functions \(f\) and \(T\) are assumed to be \(f\)-weakly compatible continuous plus some more technical hypotheses. In the present paper, the author extends this result by relaxing the hypotheses of \(f\) and \(T\) to be continuous. The new hypothesis is given in terms of the existence of a continuous function \(F: \mathbb{R}^6_+\to \mathbb{R}\) satisfying the inequalities \[ F(H(T(x), T(y)),\;d(f(x),f(y)),\;d(f(x), T(x)), \] \[ d(f(y), T(y)),\;d(f(x), T(y)),\;d(f(y), T(x))\leq 0 \] for all \(x\), \(y\) in \(X\). Here \(H\) is the distance between the two sets. The paper analyzes several possible maps \(F\).