concur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concurro (“to run together, agree”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈkɝ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈkɜː/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

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Verb

concur (third-person singular simple present concurs, present participle concurring, simple past and past participle concurred)

1. To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.

   The jury concurs with the case put forward by the defence lawyer, that the defendant is undoubtedly innocent.

   I do not concur that this is the best way forward.

   We do not concur in that particular point.

2. To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.

   concurring plans

   concurring lines of thought

3. (obsolete) To run together; to meet.
4. (rare) To converge.

Synonyms

• (to unite or agree): accord, agree, coexist; See also Thesaurus:agree
• (to meet in the same point): cooperate, unite
• (to run together): assemble, congregate, crowd, flock
• (to converge):

Antonyms

• (to unite or agree): disagree, dissent
• (to meet in the same point):
• (to run together): disperse, disassemble
• (to converge): diverge

Related terms

• concourse
• concurrence

Translations

To unite or agree

• Bulgarian: съответствувам (bg) (sǎotvetstvuvam), съгласувам се (sǎglasuvam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同意 (zh) (tóngyì)

• Esperanto: samopinii
• Finnish: olla samaa mieltä, yhtyä (fi)
• French: être d'accord (fr)
• German: übereinstimmen (de), zustimmen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (gaqiþan)
• Icelandic: vera sammála, samsinna
• Maori: whakakoia, whakakoikoia, whakaae tahi
• Norwegian: være enige om
• Polish: zgadzać się (pl)
• Russian: соглаша́ться (ru) (soglašátʹsja), совпада́ть (ru) (sovpadátʹ)
• Slovak: zhodnúť sa, súhlasiť
• Spanish: estar de acuerdo, acordar (es), concurrir (es)
• Swedish: hålla med (sv) (om), instämma (sv)

To meet in the same point

• Bulgarian: стичам се (stičam se)
• Finnish: yhtyä (fi)
• French: convenir (fr)
• German: übereinstimmen (de)
• Norwegian: Å få endene til å møtes
• Russian: сходиться (ru) (sxoditʹsja)
• Spanish: reunirse (es)

To run together; to meet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同时发生

• Finnish: tavata (fi), kohdata (fi)
• German: zusammentreffen (de), zusammenwirken (de)
• Icelandic: hittast (is)
• Spanish: concurrir (es)

References

• concur in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• concur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913