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Webster 1913 Edition


Concurrence

Con-cur′rence

,
Noun.
[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; cooperation.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Concurrence

CONCURRENCE

,
Noun.
1.
A meeting or coming together; union; conjunction.
We have no other measure but of our own ideas, with the concurrence of other probable reasons, to persuade us.
2.
A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design; implying joint approbation.
Tarquin the proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people.
3.
A meeting or conjunction, whether casual or intended; combination of agents, circumstances or events.
Struck with these great concurrences of things.
4.
Agreement; consent; approbation. See No. 2.
5.
Agreement or consent, implying joint aid or contribution of power or influence.
From these sublime images we collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it.
6.
A meeting, as of claims, or power; joint rights; implying equality in different persons or bodies; as a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.

Definition 2024


concurrence

concurrence

See also: concurrencé

English

Noun

concurrence (plural concurrences)

  1. Agreement; concurring.
  2. An instance of simultaneous occurrence.

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Pronunciation

Noun

concurrence f (plural concurrences)

  1. competition (action of competing)
  2. concurrence (instance of simultaneous occurrence)

Verb

concurrence

  1. first-person singular present indicative of concurrencer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of concurrencer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of concurrencer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of concurrencer
  5. second-person singular imperative of concurrencer