concurred

[ kuhn-kurd ]

adjective

1. agreed upon or approved:

   To win, a project must accomplish the goals according to the criteria, within a concurred time frame and expenditure plan.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of concur.

Other Words From

• un·con·curred adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of concurred¹

First recorded in 1800–10; concur ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; concur ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

Example Sentences

Their critical colleagues concurred in equally, wildly disparate fashion.

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As a few of my fellow film journalists concurred after the screening, it would have been fun to see Murray go even further.

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One senior U.S. intelligence official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, concurred.

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Otis Moss, Jr., the noted African-American civil rights leader and confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., concurred.

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Sportswriter Rob Rang concurred in a CBS sports piece titled: "Examining why Michael Sam's NFL Draft stock is falling."

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He concurred in that argument; but the English universities would not allow them to do this.

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The young visitor readily concurred in the plan, he wanted to see the house that the gangster had built anyhow.

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In this proposal Mary heartily concurred; and bidding the black follow us, we all three descended to the pier.

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For these reasons Earl Grey concurred with his predecessor, Mr. Gladstone, that the time for a change had not yet arrived.

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"Oh yes, she'll have got out of her hole—she won't have vegetated," Peter concurred.

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Related Words

• acquiesce
• coincide
• jibe