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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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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: con·cur
Pronunciation: k&n-'k&r
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: con·curred; con·cur·ring
1 : to happen at the same time
2 : to express agreement concur —U.S. Constitution article II>; specifically : to join in an appellate decision —compare DISSENT
NOTE: A judge or justice may concur with the decision of the court but not agree with the reasons set forth in the opinion. Often a separate opinion is written in such a case.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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