concur
Americanverb (used without object)
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concurs,
present (3rd person singular)
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concurred,
past participle, past
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concurring
present participle
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to accord in opinion; agree.
Do you concur with his statement?
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to cooperate; work together; combine; be associated.
Members of both parties concurred.
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to coincide; occur at the same time.
His graduation concurred with his birthday.
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Obsolete. to run or come together; converge.
verb
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to agree; be of the same mind; be in accord
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to combine, act together, or cooperate
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to occur simultaneously; coincide
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rare to converge
Synonym Usage
See agree.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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concursimple
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concurssimple
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have concurredperfect
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has concurredperfect
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am concurringprogressive
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are concurringprogressive
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is concurringprogressive
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have been concurringperfect progressive
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has been concurringperfect progressive
Past
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concurredsimple
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had concurredperfect
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was concurringprogressive
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were concurringprogressive
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had been concurringperfect progressive
Future
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.
Vocabulary lists containing concur
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Example Sentences
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There is no date set for the City Council to decide whether to concur, or to direct the city executives to negotiate a resolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
I call the day before Christmas Eve “Christmas Adam,” and I concur that it’s a great evening to have a party.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
Sifma hopes the Senate will concur next year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Yet he doesn't necessarily concur with the view that he, or certain players, benefit from being free of the weight of the United shirt.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
Perhaps there were a few whites in the North who did not concur with Mr. Jefferson’s sentiments.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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
Lorraine Ali concurs: “I’m rooting for long shot Patricia Arquette, who was unforgettable as the matriarch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Neighbours star Stefan Dennis, who played villain Paul Robinson for 40 years on and off, concurs.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
All concurs, in fine, to prove that he has the most precise information concerning the existence of his grace the Duke of Monmouth.
From A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue
Bank of America Institute concurred that lower-income households are feeling more stress and cutting back.
From MarketWatch ● May 16, 2026
Europeans knew he would push them to spend more on defense, and many concurred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
“We need to understand that we are not yet there,” Sotelo concurred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
Trump invited Takaichi to visit the United States and "the two leaders concurred to coordinate in detail to realise the visit to the United States this spring", it said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026
Thus religion, Latin literature and Aristotelian philosophy all concurred: there was no such thing as new knowledge.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Justice Brett Kavanaugh filed an opinion concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 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
In response to Kagan, Justice Amy Coney Barrett filed a concurring opinion that staked out a moderate conservative position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
By “government’s theory,” McClain is referencing a concurring opinion by the U.S.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026
Mamou found us like that, Laleh laughing at the television, me reading my book and concurring with my sister when necessary.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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