Meaning of CONCOURSE
Pronunciation: | | 'kânkowrs
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- [n] a coming together of people
- [n] a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
- [n] a large gathering of people
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| Synonyms: | | confluence, multitude, throng |
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| See Also: | | assemblage, coming together, gathering, hall, hallway, herd, hive, horde, host, legion, meeting, merging, ruck | |
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| Definition: | | Concourse Concourse more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Con"course\, n. [F. concours, L. concursus, fr.
concurrere to run together. See {Concur}.]
1. A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.
The good frame of the universe was not the product
of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of
matter. --Sir M. Hale.
2. An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or
spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.
Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble
ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in
silk brocade. --Prescott.
3. The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies.
[Obs.]
The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of
the glasses. --Sir I.
Newton.
4. An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an
open space in a park where several roads meet.
5. Concurrence; co["o]peration. [Obs.]
The divine providence is wont to afford its
concourse to such proceeding. --Barrow.
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