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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

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;
- Example: "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
[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. [1913 Webster] We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation. [1913 Webster] Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation. [1913 Webster] We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it. --Rogers. [1913 Webster] An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts. [1913 Webster]
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]