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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.

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[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.]

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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]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	concourse - a large gathering of people throng, multitude 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 confluence 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"

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concourse

noun crowd, collection, gathering, assembly, crush, multitude, throng, convergence, hui N.Z. assemblage, meeting, runanga N.Z.

Translations

concourse [ˈkɔŋkɔːs] n (= hall) → vestíbulo

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concourse [ˈkɔŋkɔːs] n (= hall) → hall m, salle f des pas perdus (= crowd); affluence f; multitude f

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concourse [ˈkɔŋkɔːs] n → (Eingangs)halle f;

(crowd) → Menge f

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concourse [ˈkɔŋkɔːs] n (= hall) → atrio