Concurrence
[kən'kʌrəns] or [kən'kɝəns]
Definition
(noun.) acting together, as agents or circumstances or events.
(noun.) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; 'the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable'.
(noun.) agreement of results or opinions.
(noun.) a state of cooperation.
Edited by Barton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.
(n.) A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation.
(n.) Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation.
(n.) A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Conjuncture, combination, coincidence, consistence, consilience.[2]. Agreement, union, alliance.[3]. Co-operation.
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Examples
- She received my concurrence with pleasure, and a thousand times over thanked her deceiving, deceitful brother. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The matron expressed her entire concurrence in this intelligible simile; and the beadle went on. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- This, however, is not the effect of any contract, but of the accidental concurrence of their passions in the same object at that particular time. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Seriously, however, she felt tolerably persuaded that all this must have taken place with that gentleman's concurrence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- If it could not be done with Mr. Mills's sanction and concurrence, I besought a clandestine interview in the back kitchen where the Mangle was. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sam nodded his concurrence in the opinion. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Vincy, I must repeat, that you will not get any concurrence from me as to the course you have pursued with your eldest son. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In adopting such a manner, you can seldom expect to please your hearers, or obtain the concurrence you desire. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And how suffer him to leave her without saying one word of gratitude, of concurrence, of common kindness! Jane Austen. Emma.
- How could such a change be made without Rosamond's concurrence? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A question, therefore, may arise concerning the manner both of the concurrence and opposition. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- One only condition I would make, --that you do nothing without his concurrence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Now with regard to the matter on which I, with the concurrence of these gentlemen, sent for you,' said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As to the concurrence, there is only the choice left betwixt these two hypotheses. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The thing is determined, that is (laughing affectedly) as far as I can presume to determine any thing without the concurrence of my lord and master. Jane Austen. Emma.
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