concur
- 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.
Origin of concur
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Related Words for concur
coincide, jibe, acquiesce, league, accord, collaborate, join, consent, assent, equal, unite, cooperate, band, accede, combine, harmonize, meet, okayExamples from the Web for concur
Contemporary Examples of concur
Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.
I disagree with Spencer on pretty much everything imaginable, but I concur on this.
Reminded of that revving motor down in Dixie, I have to concur.
I concur with Voegeli and Hayward about the need to restrain the growth of government.
Aside from the fact there is no such thing as an "upward arc of human progress," I concur with Henninger's point.
Historical Examples of concur
Trusting you will be able to concur in the foregoing suggestions.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
But the success of the best advice may be defeated, if the patient and his attendants will not concur to render it effectual.
If he speaks for the nation, I am controlled by and concur in those statements.
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The SearchlightMathew Joseph Holt
Here are the two elements of a valid appointment, and they must concur.
The Electoral Votes of 1876David Dudley Field
At first, indeed, he could not be brought to believe that Margot herself could concur in them.
Sir Jasper CarewCharles James Lever
concur
- to agree; be of the same mind; be in accord
- to combine, act together, or cooperate
- to occur simultaneously; coincide
- rare to converge
Word Origin for concur
Word Origin and History for concur
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.