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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCURRENCE, n.
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: agreement of results or opinions [syn: concurrence, concurrency]
2: acting together, as agents or circumstances or events [syn: concurrence, concurrency]
3: a state of cooperation [syn: concurrence, meeting of minds]
4: the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the simultaneous occurrence of events or circumstances b. the meeting of concurrent lines in a point 2. a. agreement or union in action ; cooperation b. (1) agreement in opinion or design (2) consent 3. a coincidence of equal powers in law

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Concurrence Con*cur"rence, n. [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; co["o]peration. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(concurrences) 1. Someone's concurrence is their agreement to something. (FORMAL) Any change ought not to be made without the general concurrence of all concerned. = agreement N-VAR: oft with poss 2. If there is a concurrence of two or more things, they happen at the same time. The concurrence of their disappearances had to be more than coincidental. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Conjuncture, combination, coincidence, consistence, consilience. 2. Agreement, union, alliance, consent, joint approval or approbation. 3. Co-operation.

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