concourse

US /ˈkɑnkɔrs/ UK /ˈkɒŋkɔːs/ See IPA manual

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noun
a large open space where crowds gather, as in a station

Travelers streamed across the marble concourse toward the gates.

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Etymology

From Old French concours, from Latin concursus ('a running together, assembly'), from concurrere ('to run together'), from com- ('together') + currere ('to run').

concursus Latin currere Latin

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# concourse

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑnkɔrs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒŋkɔːs/

## Meanings
1. a large open space where crowds gather, as in a station

## Examples
- Travelers streamed across the marble concourse toward the gates.

## Synonyms
- concentration
- gathering
- assembly
- crowd
- throng
- confluence

## Related Forms
- concur
- concurrence
- course

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: concursus
- Root: currere

## Etymology
From Old French concours, from Latin concursus ('a running together, assembly'), from concurrere ('to run together'), from com- ('together') + currere ('to run').

## AI Etymology
Concourse comes from Old French concours, from Latin concursus ('a running together, assembly'), from concurrere ('to run together'), from com- ('together') + currere ('to run'). The historical trail runs through concursus in Latin and currere in Latin. Morphologically, concourse is transparent: it draws on Old French concours, from Latin concursus ('a running together, assembly'), from concurrere ('to run together'), from com- ('together') + currere ('to run'). Used as a noun, concourse now means "a large open space where crowds gather, as in a station", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as concur, concurrence, and course. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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