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con·course     (kŏn'kôrs', -kōrs', kŏng'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A large open space for the gathering or passage of crowds, as in an airport.
  2. A broad thoroughfare.
  3. A great crowd; a throng.
  4. The act of coming, moving, or flowing together.

[Middle English concours, assembly, throng, from Old French, from Latin concursus, from past participle of concurrere, to assemble : com-, com- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
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