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.

Nearby words

concubinary, concubine, concupiscence, concupiscent, concupiscible, concur, concurrence, concurrent, concurrent engineering, concurrent processing, 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 forms

con·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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Examples from the Web for concur

Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.
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I disagree with Spencer on pretty much everything imaginable, but I concur on this.
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Reminded of that revving motor down in Dixie, I have to concur.
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I concur with Voegeli and Hayward about the need to restrain the growth of government.
Are Moderate Republicans Useless?|David Frum|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Aside from the fact there is no such thing as an "upward arc of human progress," I concur with Henninger's point.
The 'Real Cliff,' Ctd.|Justin Green|December 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We had a dreadful passage, the worst, the officers all concur in saying, that they have ever known.
The Letters of Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens
All concur in desiring to give effect to the Constitution and the laws passed in pursuance of it.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
Hence they are usually the first to approve what is right, and the last to concur in what is wrong.
Nature and Culture|Harvey Rice
Judges not infrequently differ in their reasons for a decision in which they concur.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921|Various
Which of the members of his administration, or whether any one of them, concur in his sentiments, we know not.
The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1|Daniel Webster

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 Forms

concurringly, adverb

Word Origin for concur

C15: from Latin concurrere to run together, from currere to run

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