| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·cur |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n-kûr |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English concurren, from Latin concurrere, to meet, coincide : com-, com- + currere, to run; see kers- in Appendix I.
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