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Meaning of CONCURRENCE

Pronunciation:  kun'kuruns

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  acting together as of agents or circumstances or events
  2. [n]  the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
  3. [n]  agreement of results or opinions
  4. [n]  a state of cooperation
 
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 Synonyms: coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence, meeting of minds
 
 See Also: accord, agreement, agreement, concomitance, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, cooperation, overlap, simultaneity, simultaneousness, unison

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con*cur"rence\, n. [F., competition, equality of
rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition.]
1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together;
   union; conjunction; combination.
         We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the
         concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade
         us.                                   --Locke.
2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design
   or act; -- implying joint approbation.
         Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal
         concurrence of nobles and people.     --Swift.
3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of
   power or influence; co["o]peration.
         We collect the greatness of the work, and the
         necessity of the divine concurrence to it. --Rogers.
         An instinct that works us to its own purposes
         without our concurrence.              --Burke.
4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a
   concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.
 
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