concourse
an assemblage; gathering: a concourse of people.
a driveway or promenade, especially in a park.
a boulevard or other broad thoroughfare.
a large open space for accommodating crowds, as in a railroad station.
an area or grounds for racing, athletic sports, etc.
an act or instance of running or coming together; confluence: a concourse of events.
Origin of concourse
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How to use concourse in a sentence
So I jogged through the long concourses and hustled into the customs zone.
This Be Madness! America’s Outrageously Long and Totally Unacceptable Customs Lines | Daniel Gross | June 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat is why for years scanners have been freestanding and fully visible in many airport concourses.
Probably were London a city of the blind there would be no concourses at all, for it is to see that brings us together.
Adventures and Enthusiasms | E. V. LucasWherever they go they have large concourses of people, and powerful revivals of religion follow.
Around The Tea-Table | T. De Witt TalmageHe looked on the people as if he had seen many such concourses.
Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 1 | Nathaniel Hawthorne
All the slidewalks seemed to lead to the concourses and the escaladders.
The Creature from Cleveland Depths | Fritz Reuter Leiber
British Dictionary definitions for concourse
/ (ˈkɒnkɔːs, ˈkɒŋ-) /
a crowd; throng
a coming together; confluence: a concourse of events
a large open space for the gathering of people in a public place
mainly US a ground for sports, racing, athletics, etc
Origin of concourse
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