concur
Americanverb (used without object)
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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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See Examples For:
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
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
The bill will return to the GOP-dominated Senate to concur on minor amendments, a procedural step.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
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
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
Jeronimo concurs: “If Apple can’t get memory, no one else will.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
It would not take effect unless Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass concurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
"The work Lizzie has done in the sport enabled me and Imogen to have careers," concurs Ferguson.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 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 Sue, Eugène
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh concurred in the outcome based on the federal law that incorporates birthright citizenship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Bank of America Institute concurred that lower-income households are feeling more stress and cutting back.
From MarketWatch ● May 16, 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
The Journal consulted with two audio experts who concurred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
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
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
By “government’s theory,” McClain is referencing a concurring opinion by the U.S.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026
Scalia issued a concurring opinion arguing that stopping the counting until the constitutional issues could be addressed made sense in this context:
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2025
Oppenheimer’s theme was picked up in two concurring opinions issued with the report.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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