[syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the
concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade
us. --Locke.
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2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design
or act; -- implying joint approbation.
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Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal
concurrence of nobles and people. --Swift.
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3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of
power or influence; cooperation.
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We collect the greatness of the work, and the
necessity of the divine concurrence to it. --Rogers.
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An instinct that works us to its own purposes
without our concurrence. --Burke.
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4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a
concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
concurrence
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]