concurrence

C2
US /kənˈkɝːəns/
noun Freq #90165

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    An instance of simultaneous occurrence.

    The time came when they ceased to cry and began to think; by the way, if Georgiana had not, from a concurrence of circumstances, been enabled to eat her breakfast, this operation of the mind could not have been engaged in without further injury, for she was, indeed, weak and exhausted;...

  2. 2
    noun

    acting together, as agents or circumstances or events

  3. 3
    noun

    the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

  4. 4
    noun

    agreement of results or opinions

  5. 5
    noun

    a state of cooperation

  6. 6
    noun

    Agreement; concurring.

Etymology

From Old French concurrence.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · acting together, as agents... concurrency
3 noun · the temporal property of... co-occurrencecoincidenceconjunction
4 noun · agreement of results or... concurrency
5 noun · a state of cooperation meeting of minds
Word family
Derived forms nonconcurrence
Related forms concur

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