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concourse

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋkɔː(ɹ)s/

The English word “concourse” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
  2. An airport terminal.
  3. A large group of people; a crowd.
  4. The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.
  5. An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
  6. Concurrence; cooperation.

Etymology

From Middle English concours, from Middle French concours and its etymon Latin concursus, concursum, from concurrere (“to run together”). See concur. Doublet of concours.

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