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con·cur·rence
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noun
1.
the act of
concurring
.
2.
accordance in opinion; agreement:
With the concurrence of several specialists, our doctor recommended surgery.
3.
cooperation, as of agents or causes; combined action or effort.
4.
simultaneous occurrence; coincidence:
the concurrence of several unusual events.
5.
Geometry
.
a point that is in three or more lines simultaneously.
EXPAND
6.
Law
.
a power equally held or a claim shared equally.
7.
Archaic
.
competition; rivalry.
COLLAPSE
Also,
con·cur·ren·cy
(
for defs. 1–4
)
.
Origin:
1515–25;
<
Medieval Latin
concurrentia.
See
concurrent
,
-ence
Related forms
pre·con·cur·rence,
noun
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