concur

American  

[kuhn-kur] / kənˈkɜr /

verb (used without object)

• concurs,
  present (3rd person singular)
• concurred,
  past participle,  past
• concurring
  present participle

1. to accord in opinion; agree.

   Do you concur with his statement?

2. to cooperate; work together; combine; be associated.

   Members of both parties concurred.

3. to coincide; occur at the same time.

   His graduation concurred with his birthday.

4. Obsolete. to run or come together; converge.

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concur British  

/ kənˈkɜː /

verb

1. to agree; be of the same mind; be in accord

2. to combine, act together, or cooperate

3. to occur simultaneously; coincide

4. rare to converge

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Synonym Usage

See agree.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• preconcur
  verb (used without object)
• unconcurring
  adjective
• concurringly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Participles

• concurring
  present
• concurred
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• concur
  simple
• concurs
  simple
• have concurred
  perfect
• has concurred
  perfect
• am concurring
  progressive
• are concurring
  progressive
• is concurring
  progressive
• have been concurring
  perfect progressive
• has been concurring
  perfect progressive

Past

• concurred
  simple
• had concurred
  perfect
• was concurring
  progressive
• were concurring
  progressive
• had been concurring
  perfect progressive

Future

• will concur
  simple
• will have concurred
  perfect
• will be concurring
  progressive
• will have been concurring
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of concur

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin concurrere “to run together, meet, be in agreement,” equivalent to con- con- + currere “to run”; cf. concourse, current

Explanation

To concur is to agree or approve of something. If someone says something you agree with, you can say "I concur!" Like many words with con, concur has to do with agreement and being together. When you concur, you agree with someone about something or let them know you approve. "I concur" is a formal (and sometimes humorous) way of saying "I agree!" or "I hear that!" Also, two events that happen at the same time can be said to concur. People are happy when good things concur, like when a birthday and nice weather happen at the same time.

Example Sentences

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concur concurs concurred concurring

The trust may specify that all the beneficiaries have to agree to any changes, or that a panel has to concur that certain conditions are met, or else a court may have to find malfeasance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

They highlight that restrictive zoning is largely to blame for underproduction relative to job growth and concur that rent control is counterproductive as it discourages the addition of supply, even with strong demand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Sifma hopes the Senate will concur next year.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

The bill will return to the GOP-dominated Senate to concur on minor amendments, a procedural step.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024

"Yeah," we concur, hands on our hips, facing him, a line-up of feminists.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Usually, the model concurs that I did it myself.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

In “The Black Death: A Global History of Humanity’s Most Devastating Pandemic,” a vivid and sweeping new history of the outbreak, Thomas Asbridge concurs, judging it “the worst natural disaster in recorded history.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

“The Bass campaign concurs with the LA County Registrar saying this issue is false.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Data analysis concurs with objective judgement Lammens has the capability to become of one Europe's best goalkeepers at some point - and United officials say they remain comfortable with their choice.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

But the soul, by her innate power, than which nothing more powerful, in judging its proper concerns, when another soul concurs in the decision, acknowledges the beauty of forms.

From An Essay on the Beautiful From the Greek of Plotinus by Thomas Taylor

Bank of America Institute concurred that lower-income households are feeling more stress and cutting back.

From MarketWatch ● May 16, 2026

A senior Competition Bureau official concurred during a briefing with reporters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

For the majority of the Oscars race, awards prognosticators concurred that Chalamet was headed for victory, but convictions wavered after Jordan notched a surprise win at the Actor Awards — to Viola Davis’ great delight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026

Skipper Jeremy Williams concurred, but said the errors were fixable.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Milton considered Marius to be a troublemaker, a view in which many Zebra Room patrons, white and black both, concurred.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Justice Goodwin Liu’s concurring opinion in that case urged local election administrators to be prepared to seek a court order blocking any attempted seizure.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Justice Brett Kavanaugh filed an opinion concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

“There was no search here,” Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson wrote in a concurring opinion that defended the use of this tracking data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

In a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the NCAA’s other restrictions on athlete compensation also “raise serious questions under the antitrust laws”: “Price-fixing labor is price-fixing labor.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

Oppenheimer’s theme was picked up in two concurring opinions issued with the report.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Related Words

• acquiesce
• coincide
• jibe