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con·cur·rence

(kən-kûr′əns, -kŭr′-) also con·cur·ren·cy (-ən-sē)

n. pl. con·cur·renc·es also con·cur·renc·ies

1. Agreement in opinion.

2. Cooperation, as of agents, circumstances, or events.

3. Simultaneous occurrence; coincidence.

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concurrence

(kənˈkʌrəns)

1. the act of concurring

2. agreement in opinion; accord; assent

3. cooperation or combination

4. simultaneous occurrence; coincidence

5. (Mathematics) geometry a point at which three or more lines intersect

Also (for senses 1–4): concurrency

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con•cur•rence

(kənˈkɜr əns, -ˈkʌr-)

n.

1. the act of concurring.

2. accordance in opinion; agreement.

3. cooperation, as of agents or causes; combined action or effort.

4. simultaneous occurrence; coincidence.

5. Law. the equal sharing of a power or claim.

Also, con•cur′ren•cy.

[1515–25; < Medieval Latin]

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Noun	1.	concurrence - agreement of results or opinions concurrency agreement - the verbal act of agreeing
	2.	concurrence - acting together, as agents or circumstances or events concurrency cooperation - joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission"
	3.	concurrence - a state of cooperation meeting of minds accord, agreement - harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"
	4.	concurrence - the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" conjunction, co-occurrence, coincidence simultaneity, simultaneousness - happening or existing or done at the same time concomitance - occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another overlap - the property of partial coincidence in time contemporaneity, contemporaneousness - the quality of belonging to the same period of time unison - occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in unison"

concurrence

noun

Harmonious mutual understanding:

accord, agreement, concord, concordance, consonance, harmony, rapport, tune, unity.

Idiom: meeting of the minds.

Translations

تَوافَق، تَزامُن

shodasouběžnost

enighedsammenfaldsamtidighedtilslutning

Einverständnis Zusammentreffen

σύμπτωση

sopimus

accord concordance entente simultanéité

samòykki

accordo

sammenfall samstemmighet

zgoda

fikir birliğiuyuşma

同意同时发生

concurrence

[kənˈkʌrəns] N

1. (frm) (= consent) → conformidad f

2. (= coincidence) → concurrencia f

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concurrence

[kənˈkʌrəns] n

(formal) (= agreement) (between people) → accord m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

concurrence

(= accordance) → Übereinstimmung f; (= agreement, permission) → Einverständnis nt, → Zustimmung f

(of events) → Zusammentreffen nt

(Math) → Schnittpunkt m; at the concurrence of the two lines → im Schnittpunkt der beiden Geraden

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concur

(kənˈkəː) – past tense past participle conˈcurred – verb

to agree; to come together, or coincide.

conˈcurrence (-ˈka-) , ((American) -ˈkə:-) noun

concurrent (kənˈkarənt) , ((American) -ˈkə:-) adjective

conˈcurrently adverb

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When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

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"Augusta (replied the noble Youth) I thought you had a better opinion of me, than to imagine I would so abjectly degrade myself as to consider my Father's Concurrence in any of my affairs, either of Consequence or concern to me.

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Stuart and Clarke felt highly displeased at his taking so precipitate a step, without waiting for their concurrence, when he must have known that their arrival could not be far distant.

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One State, we may remember, persisted for several years in refusing her concurrence, although the enemy remained the whole period at our gates, or rather in the very bowels of our country.

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Lydgate, I hope we shall not vary in sentiment as to a measure in which you are not likely to be actively concerned, but in which your sympathetic concurrence may be an aid to me.

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Elinor was grateful for the attention, but it could not alter her design; and their mother's concurrence being readily gained, every thing relative to their return was arranged as far as it could be;-- and Marianne found some relief in drawing up a statement of the hours that were yet to divide her from Barton.

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The success of it would require not merely a factious majority in the legislature, but the concurrence of the courts of justice and of the body of the people.

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Collins," I am particularly obliged to you for this friendly caution, and you may depend upon my not taking so material a step without her ladyship's concurrence."

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His brethren of the north had now courteously invited him to be present on an occasion, when the concurrence of every eminent member of their community was peculiarly desirable.

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It is a thing I do the rather mention, because, computing backwards, I have found some concurrence.

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This could not be otherwise, for in order that the will of Napoleon and Alexander (on whom the event seemed to depend) should be carried out, the concurrence of innumerable circumstances was needed without any one of which the event could not have taken place.

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He desired leave to go to Sophia, that he might endeavour to obtain her concurrence with her father's inclinations.