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concur

[kuhn-kur] Origin

con·cur

[kuhn-kur]
verb (used without object), -curred, -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; compare concourse, current

con·cur·ring·ly, adverb
pre·con·cur, verb (used without object), -curred, -cur·ring.
un·con·curred, adjective
un·con·cur·ring, adjective


1. See agree.

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concur (kənˈkɜː)
 
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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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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CONCUR definition


["CONCUR, A Language for Continuous Concurrent Processes", R.M. Salter et al, Comp Langs 5(3):163-189 (1981)].

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