Meaning of CONCURRENCE
Pronunciation: | | kun'kuruns
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- [n] acting together as of agents or circumstances or events
- [n] the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
- [n] agreement of results or opinions
- [n] a state of cooperation
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| Synonyms: | | coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence, meeting of minds |
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| See Also: | | accord, agreement, agreement, concomitance, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, cooperation, overlap, simultaneity, simultaneousness, unison | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| 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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Thesaurus Terms |
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