concur
Use Concur in a sentence
verb (used without object), con·curred, con·cur·ring.
1.
to accord in opinion; agree: Do you concur with his statement?
2.
to cooperate; work together; combine; be associated: Members of both parties concurred.
3.
to coincide; occur at the same time: His graduation concurred with his birthday.
4.
Obsolete. to run or come together; converge.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin concurrere to run together, meet, be in agreement, equivalent to con- con- + currere to run; cf. concourse, current
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin concurrere to run together, meet, be in agreement, equivalent to con- con- + currere to run; cf. concourse, current
Related forms
con·cur·ring·ly, adverb
pre·con·cur, verb (used without object), pre·con·curred, pre·con·cur·ring.
un·con·curred, adjective
un·con·cur·ring, adjective
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concur (kənˈkɜː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -curs, -curring, -curred | |
| 1. | to agree; be of the same mind; be in accord |
| 2. | to combine, act together, or cooperate |
| 3. | to occur simultaneously; coincide |
| 4. | rare to converge |
| [C15: from Latin concurrere to run together, from currere to run] | |
| con'curringly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
concur
1410, from L. concurrere "to run together," from com- "together" + currere "to run" (see current). Originally "collide, clash in hostility;" sense of "to coincide, happen at the same time" is 1596; that of "to agree in opinion" is 1590.
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Computing Dictionary
CONCUR definition
["CONCUR, A Language for Continuous Concurrent Processes", R.M. Salter et al, Comp Langs 5(3):163-189 (1981)].
Example sentences
All of the legal scholars agree, and concur: let all of the hot chicks stay.
Computers are ornery beasts, as many readers will no doubt concur.
The defendants concur, citing their own financial burdens.
Early archaeologists guessed warfare, and the evidence for this seems to concur.
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