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concur

[ kuh n-kur ]
/ kənˈkɜr /
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verb (used without object), con·curred, con·cur·ring.

to accord in opinion; agree: Do you concur with his statement?
to cooperate; work together; combine; be associated: Members of both parties concurred.
to coincide; occur at the same time: His graduation concurred with his birthday.
Obsolete. to run or come together; converge.

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RELATED WORDS

coincide, jibe, acquiesce, league, accord, collaborate, join, consent, assent, equal, unite, cooperate, band, accede, combine, harmonize, meet, okay

Nearby words

  1. concubinary,
  2. concubine,
  3. concupiscence,
  4. concupiscent,
  5. concupiscible,
  6. concurrence,
  7. concurrent,
  8. concurrent engineering,
  9. concurrent processing,
  10. concurrent resolution

Origin of concur

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin concurrere to run together, meet, be in agreement, equivalent to con- con- + currere to run; cf. concourse, current
Related formscon·cur·ring·ly, adverbpre·con·cur, verb (used without object), pre·con·curred, pre·con·cur·ring.un·con·curred, adjectiveun·con·cur·ring, adjective

Synonym study

1. See agree.
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British Dictionary definitions for concur

concur

/ (kənˈkɜː) /

verb -curs, -curring or -curred (intr)

to agree; be of the same mind; be in accord
to combine, act together, or cooperate
to occur simultaneously; coincide
rare to converge
Derived Formsconcurringly, adverb

Word Origin for concur

C15: from Latin concurrere to run together, from currere to run
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for concur

concur

v.

early 15c., "collide, clash in hostility," from Latin concurrere "to run together, assemble hurriedly; clash, fight," in transferred use, "to happen at the same time," from com- "together" (see com-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Sense of "to coincide, happen at the same time" is 1590s; that of "to agree in opinion" is 1580s in English.

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