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.
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Soon thereafter Mr. de la Bédoyère comments on “the irritatingly similar throne names used by Egyptian kings,” a point on which all readers of ancient Egyptian history will readily concur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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
I've also had a sneak peek and can concur.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
Sifma hopes the Senate will concur next year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
If what he means is that rhetoric needs to sound right, and good rhetoric always does sound right, and that “sounding right” is impossible to set a definition for... well, I concur.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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
It would not take effect unless Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass concurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Kang concurs: "It's the one song that every time I hear it, I just cry. It's very emotional."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
Mr. Loftus is of opinion that the chambers of the Chaldean buildings were usually arched with bricks, in which opinion Mr. Taylor concurs.
From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Augustus Le Plongeon
Trump's Education Secretary Linda McMahon concurred, saying Dolly Parton "placed millions of books into the hands of young children and helped spark a lifelong love of reading."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Coney Barrett signed on to the majority opinion that Roberts wrote, and Kavanaugh concurred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
For the prescriptions renewed by AI, reviewing doctors concurred 91% of the time, with the other 9% saying more information was needed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Bank of America Institute concurred that lower-income households are feeling more stress and cutting back.
From MarketWatch ● May 16, 2026
After five minutes, however, all four of us concurred: Hutchison’s decision to leave Beck and Yasuko where they lay was the proper course of action.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
In a 10-page concurring opinion, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said the plaintiffs had no good basis to believe law enforcement would unlawfully stop them in the future based on the prohibited factors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
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
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
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