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concourse

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con·course  (knkôrs, -krs, kng-)
n.
1. A large open space for the gathering or passage of crowds, as in an airport.
2. A broad thoroughfare.
3. A great crowd; a throng.
4. The act of coming, moving, or flowing together.

[Middle English concours, assembly, throng, from Old French, from Latin concursus, from past participle of concurrere, to assemble : com-, com- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

concourse
Noun
1. a large open space in a public place, where people can meet: a crowded concourse at Heathrow Airport
2. a crowd [Latin concurrere to run together]

Concourse an assembly of things or persons brought together; a moving group of people or things. See also assemblage.
Examples: concourse of atoms, 1692; of books, 1855; of humours, 1604; of spiritual joy, 1628; of particles of matter, 1677; of all nations, 1642; of people, 1440; of dependent plebeians, 1781; of the world, 1558.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.concourseconcourse - a large gathering of people          
assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
hive - a teeming multitude
horde, host, legion - a vast multitude
ruck, herd - a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
2.concourse - a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
hall, hallway - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall"
3.concourse - a coming together of people
merging, coming together, meeting - the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"

concourse
Translations
concourse [ˈkɔŋkɔːs] n (= hall) → vestíbulo
concourse [ˈkɔŋkɔːs] n (= hall) → hall m, salle f des pas perdus (= crowd); affluence f; multitude f
concourse [ˈkɔŋkɔːs] n(Eingangs)halle f;
(crowd) → Menge f
concourse [ˈkɔŋkɔːs] n (= hall) → atrio


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AN Ingenious Man who had built a flying-machine invited a great concourse of people to see it go up.
When some larger concourse of men direct their activity to a common aim there is a yet sharper division of those who, because their activity is given to directing and commanding, take less less part in the direct work.
As we neared the city we discovered a mighty concourse of civilians and troops assembled upon the plain before the city.
 
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