Concourse
['kɒŋkɔːs] or ['kɑŋkɔrs]
Definition
(noun.) a coming together of people.
(noun.) a wide hallway in a building where people can walk.
Inputed by Jane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.
(n.) An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.
(n.) The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies.
(n.) An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.
(n.) Concurrence; cooperation.
Editor: Trudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Confluence, conflux, flocking together.[2]. Meeting, assemblage, assembly, collection, gathering.
Typed by Eddie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assembly, assemblage, crowd, throng, convergence, mob
ANT:Cabinet, conclave, cabal, dispersion, desertion, solitude
Checked by Janice
Definition
n. an assembly of persons or things running or drawn together: (Scots law) concurrence of an officer who has legal right to grant it.
Checked by Leda
Examples
- A slave rushed into the dining hall to cry that a great concourse of people was swarming through the palace gates. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Here, a brief press and confusion near the stage, ended in the man himself standing at the orator's side before the concourse. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Having been absolutely carried along by the immense concourse of ladies, we came up close to Lord Kinnaird, who was dealing out the blanks and prizes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Go you there, straight, for there will probably be a greater concourse than usual, to-day. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The concourse of people assembled upon this occasion was immense. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- As we neared the city we discovered a mighty concourse of civilians and troops assembled upon the plain before the city. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- A great concourse of people had gathered to see the opening of this first public railway. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- No unseemly sights were therefore discernible: the shops were in general open, the concourse of passengers in some degree kept up. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was the first linguistic concourse since Babel times. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The floating and fixing in its place of the tube took place on the 27th of the same month, in view of an immense concourse of spectators. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- You are in the innermost sanctuary of the temple; I am one of the admiring concourse on the plain without. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Here the crowd, like a concourse of imprisoned demons, turns back, yelling, and is seen no more. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Serena