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con⋅cur

  [kuhn-kur]
Use concurring in a Sentence
–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 ME < L concurrere to run together, meet, be in agreement, equiv. to con- con- + currere to run; cf. concourse, current

Related forms:
con⋅cur⋅ring⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See agree.
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con·cur   (kən-kûr')   
intr.v.   con·curred, con·cur·ring, con·curs
  1. To be of the same opinion; agree: concurred on the issue of preventing crime. See Synonyms at assent.
  2. To act together; cooperate.
  3. To occur at the same time; coincide: icy sleet that concurred with a forceful wind.
  4. Obsolete To converge; meet.

[Middle English concurren, from Latin concurrere, to meet, coincide : com-, com- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
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Concurring

Con*cur"ring\, a. Agreeing.

Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which corresponds with another in all its parts.
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