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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCOURSE, n. [L., to run together, to run.]
1. A moving, flowing or running together; confluence; as a fortuitous concourse of atoms; a concourse of men.
2. A meeting; an assembly of men; an assemblage of things; a collection formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place. Acts 19.
3. The place or point of meeting, or a meeting; the point of junction of two bodies.
The drop will begin to move towards the concourse of the glasses. [This application is unusual.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a large gathering of people [syn: multitude, throng, concourse]
2: a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
3: a coming together of people [syn: concourse, confluence]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French concours, from Latin concursus, from concurrere to run together — more at concur Date: 14th century 1. an act or process of coming together and merging 2. a meeting produced by voluntary or spontaneous coming together 3. a. an open space where roads or paths meet b. an open space or hall (as in a railroad terminal) where crowds gather

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a crowd. 2 a coming together; a gathering (a concourse of ideas). 3 an open central area in a large public building, a railway station, etc. Etymology: ME f. OF concours f. L concursus (as concur)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Concourse 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(concourses) A concourse is a wide hall in a public building, for example a hotel, airport, or station. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kon'-kors (hamah, "to hum," "to make a noise"; sustrophe, "a turning" or "twisting together"): Hamah, usually translated by some word signifying "sound" is rendered "concourse" in Pr 1:21 (perhaps from the noise made by people thronging and talking together; compare 1Ki 1:41, "uproar"), "She (wisdom) crieth in the chief place of concourse," the Revised Version, margin, Hebrew "at the head of the noisy (streets)"; sustrophe is translated "concourse" (Ac 19:40), a riotous crowd. Compare Judith 10:18.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Confluence, conflux, flocking together. 2. Meeting, assemblage, assembly, collection, gathering, throng, crowd, multitude. 3. (Poetical.) Cluster, crowded group.

Moby Thesaurus

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