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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 [ˈkɒnkɔːs ˈkɒŋ-]

n

1. a crowd; throng

2. a coming together; confluence a concourse of events

3. a large open space for the gathering of people in a public place

4. Chiefly US a ground for sports, racing, athletics, etc.

[from Old French concours, ultimately from Latin concurrere to run together, from currere to run]

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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.

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concourse - An open space for people to move about in an airport terminal (or a set of gates) or other transport station.

See also related terms for open+space.

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

1. gathering or meeting place, hall, lounge, foyer, rallying point He crossed the station's concourse towards the escalator.

2. crowd, collection, gathering, assembly, crush, multitude, throng, convergence, hui (N.Z.), assemblage, confluence, meeting The streets were filled with a fair concourse of people that night.

Translations

concourse [ˈkɒŋkɔːs] N

1. [of people] → concurrencia f; [of rivers] → confluencia f

2. (in building, station) → explanada f

concourse [ˈkɒnkɔː^rs] n

(= hall) → hall m; (in station, airport) → hall m; (in shopping mall) → galerie f

(= crowd) [people] → affluence f, foule f

concourse

n

(liter, of people) → Menschenmenge f, → Menschenauflauf m; (of two rivers) → Zusammenfluss m

(= place) → Eingangshalle f; (US, in park) → freier Platz; station concourse → Bahnhofshalle f

concourse [ˈkɒŋkɔːs] n (of people) → folla; (place) → luogo di assembramento; (in station) → atrio