concur

[ kuhn-kur ]

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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.

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

synonym study For concur

1. See agree.

Other words from concur

con·cur·ring·ly, adverb
pre·con·cur, verb (used without object), pre·con·curred, pre·con·cur·ring.
un·con·cur·ring, adjective

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How to use concur in a sentence

Although there is a wide range in the quality of the bitumen and the efficiency of the extraction technologies, most analyses concur that oilsands production is quite a bit more energy intensive than lighter, more conventional crudes.
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President Hartzell and the chair of our Board of Regents, Kevin Eltife, concur with this recommendation and have approved the change.
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Metro Inspector General Geoffrey Cherrington said Friday he “concurred” with Metro’s statements assessing the findings of his investigation.
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In his concurring opinion, Clarence Thomas called for the invalidation of any limits on campaign donations.
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What remains for them to do—whether overlapping, concurring or contradicting—is to speak.
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Kennedy was given the concurring opinion, which said the Court should have gone much further.
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And the concurring demands of a number also contribute to raise our prices.
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In the first part of the address, I have the honor of heartily concurring with the noble Earl who moved it.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of Education
We shall return to town on Monday, various small reasons concurring to make us resolve on quitting this earthly paradise.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) | George Eliot
At this point the Commission divided, with no fewer than two concurring and two dissenting opinions added to the majority view.
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Comprehending vividly the points and the sequence of his argument, we fancy that we are concurring in the argument itself.
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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

Origin of concur

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

Derived forms of concur

concurringly, adverb

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