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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Concourse \Con"course\, n. [F. concours, L. concursus, fr. concurrere to run together. See Concur.] 1. A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence. [1913 Webster] The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place. [1913 Webster] Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 3. The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 4. An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet. [1913 Webster] 5. Concurrence; cooperation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

concourse 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]