Meanings
plural concurrences
- countableuncountableAgreement; concurring.
- countableuncountableAn instance of simultaneous occurrence.
This book owes its existence to a concurrence of accidents.
1862, John Hill Burton, The Book-hunter, etc., Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, Advertisement1 more example
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;...
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe temporal property of two things happening at the same time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchconcurrence
- Englishconcurrence
From Old French concurrence.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian съгласуване, съвпадение
- съгласуване (săglasuvane)agreement
- съвпадение (săvpadenie)instance of simultaneous occurrence
Finnish sopimus, samanaikaisuus
- sopimusagreement
- samanaikaisuusinstance of simultaneous occurrence
German Übereinstimmung, Gleichzeitigkeit
- Übereinstimmungagreement
- Gleichzeitigkeitinstance of simultaneous occurrence
Greek σύμπτωση απόψεων, σύμπτωση
- σύμπτωση απόψεων (sýmptosi apópseon)agreement
- σύμπτωση (sýmptosi)instance of simultaneous occurrence
Japanese 賛成
- 賛成 (sansei)agreement
Polish zgoda, zgodność
- zgodaagreement
- zgodnośćagreement
- zbieżnośćinstance of simultaneous occurrence
Portuguese concordância, concorrência
- concordânciaagreement
- concorrênciainstance of simultaneous occurrence
Spanish concurrencia
- concurrenciaagreement
Swedish instämmande
- instämmandeagreement
Turkish bağdaşma, mutabakat
- bağdaşmaagreement
- mutabakatagreement
- eş zamanlılıkinstance of simultaneous occurrence
Cite this entry
concurrence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concurrence
“concurrence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concurrence. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concurrence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concurrence.
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