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con·course \ˈkänˌkōrs, -ˌkȯrs, -ōəs also -äŋˌ-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English concurs, concourse, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French concours, from Latin concursus, from past participle of concurrere to run together — more at concur 1. : an act or action of flocking, moving, or flowing together (as of persons or streams) : an approaching and merging 2. a. : a meeting produced by voluntary or spontaneous moving and coming together at one place : confluence, gathering, meeting, crowd, throng b. obsolete : an encounter of hostile forces c. : conjunction 5 3. : a place or point of meeting: as a. : an open space where several roads or paths meet b. : an open space or hall where crowds may gather especially by chance coming together (as in a large railroad terminal) 4. law a. : the arising of two or more actions that are founded upon the same state of facts and may be pursued simultaneously or consecutively b. Scots law : the arising of a criminal and a civil action on the same grounds 5. archaic : cooperation |