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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Analysts generally concur that lack of domestic demand is the biggest reason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Sifma hopes the Senate will concur next year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Christopher Marlowe truthers aside, William Shakespeare was an actual person who, historical records concur, married a pregnant woman eight years his senior and had three kids: Susanna, the eldest, and twins Judith and Hamnet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
It’s not a question that can be answered easily, experts concur.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
Rudy would concur, "Me too," but then, he wouldn't move from his place at the foot of my bed next to my desk where I sat writing.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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
But “Ponies” gives Bea and Twila equal space in the spotlight and ultimately concurs that they’re stronger because of their friendship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
"Yes, it should go on forever," Corrin concurs.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
He muttered— "Strange!—very strange!—caught in the room—a previous threat—all concurs."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
The single definitive state reply came from Florida’s attorney general’s office, which concurred with ICE’s findings that the death of Royer Pérez Jiménez, 19, at the Glades County Detention Center was a “presumed suicide.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Bank of America Institute concurred that lower-income households are feeling more stress and cutting back.
From MarketWatch ● May 16, 2026
A senior Competition Bureau official concurred during a briefing with reporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Skipper Jeremy Williams concurred, but said the errors were fixable.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
At the restaurant they were seated side by side at a round table with a revolving platter of spareribs and egg rolls and chicken wings, which, they concurred, all tasted the same.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
“I’m concurring with our forensic pathologist that the laceration is the cause of death, but that has nothing to do with my stance on immunization.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Justice Brett Kavanaugh filed an opinion concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Justice Kagan’s opinion, tidy and correct as it is, was made even better with Justice Neil Gorsuch’s genuinely strong concurring opinion.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 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
Oppenheimer’s theme was picked up in two concurring opinions issued with the report.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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