concurrence

See also: concurrencé

English

Etymology

From Old French concurrence.

Noun

concurrence (countable and uncountable, plural concurrences)

  1. Agreement; concurring.
  2. An instance of simultaneous occurrence.
    • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. [], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 11:
      The time came when they ceased to cry and began to think; by the way, if Georgiana had not, from a concurrence of circumstances, been enabled to eat her breakfast, this operation of the mind could not have been engaged in without further injury, for she was, indeed, weak and exhausted;...
    • 1862, John Hill Burton, The Book-hunter, etc., Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood & Sons, Advertisement:
      This book owes its existence to a concurrence of accidents.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/
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Etymology 1

From concurrent + -ence.

Noun

concurrence f (plural concurrences)

  1. competition (action of competing)
  2. concurrence (instance of simultaneous occurrence)
  3. the ensemble of competing business rivals. I.e., the competition.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Albanian: konkurrencë

Verb

concurrence

  1. inflection of concurrencer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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