concur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concurrere (“to run together, agree”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈkɝ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈkɜː/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

concur (third-person singular simple present concurs, present participle concurring, simple past and past participle concurred)

1. To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
2. To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
3. (obsolete) To run together; to meet.

Synonyms

• acquiesce
• agree

Antonyms

• disagree
• dissent

Related terms

• concourse

Translations

To unite or agree

• Bulgarian: съответствувам (bg) (sǎotvetstvuvam), съгласувам се (sǎglasuvam se)
• Esperanto: samopinii
• Finnish: olla samaa mieltä, yhtyä (fi)
• French: être d'accord (fr)
• German: übereinstimmen (de), zustimmen (de)
• Icelandic: vera sammála, samsinna

• Norwegian: være enige om
• Polish: zgadzać się (pl)
• Russian: соглаша́ться (ru) (soglašátʹsja), совпада́ть (ru) (sovpadátʹ)
• Slovak: zhodnúť sa, súhlasiť
• Spanish: estar de acuerdo, acordar (es), concurrir (es)
• Swedish: hålla med (sv) (om), instämma (sv)

To meet in the same point

• Bulgarian: стичам се (stičam se)
• Finnish: yhtyä (fi)
• French: convenir (fr)
• German: übereinstimmen (de)

• Norwegian: Å få endene til å møtes
• Russian: сходиться (ru) (sxoditʹsja)
• Spanish: reunirse (es)

To run together; to meet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同时发生

• German: zusammentreffen, zusammenwirken

• Icelandic: hittast (is)
• Spanish: concurrir (es)

References

• concur in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• concur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913