concur
Americanverb (used without object)
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to accord in opinion; agree.
Do you concur with his statement?
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to cooperate; work together; combine; be associated.
Members of both parties concurred.
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to coincide; occur at the same time.
His graduation concurred with his birthday.
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Obsolete. to run or come together; converge.
verb
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to agree; be of the same mind; be in accord
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to combine, act together, or cooperate
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to occur simultaneously; coincide
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rare to converge
Synonym Usage
See agree.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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concursimple
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concurssimple
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have concurredperfect
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has concurredperfect
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am concurringprogressive
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are concurringprogressive
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is concurringprogressive
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have been concurringperfect progressive
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has been concurringperfect progressive
Past
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concurredsimple
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had concurredperfect
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was concurringprogressive
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were concurringprogressive
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had been concurringperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of concur
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin concurrere “to run together, meet, be in agreement,” equivalent to con- con- + currere “to run”; cf. concourse, current
Explanation
To concur is to agree or approve of something. If someone says something you agree with, you can say "I concur!" Like many words with con, concur has to do with agreement and being together. When you concur, you agree with someone about something or let them know you approve. "I concur" is a formal (and sometimes humorous) way of saying "I agree!" or "I hear that!" Also, two events that happen at the same time can be said to concur. People are happy when good things concur, like when a birthday and nice weather happen at the same time.
Vocabulary lists containing concur
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Example Sentences
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Economists who agree with improving the safety net to boost spending concur.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Christopher Marlowe truthers aside, William Shakespeare was an actual person who, historical records concur, married a pregnant woman eight years his senior and had three kids: Susanna, the eldest, and twins Judith and Hamnet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
It’s not a question that can be answered easily, experts concur.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 4, 2025
They wanted the opinion of human doctors, preferably several of them, to concur before they would accept it.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025
General Saxton added a note: “I concur fully in the above.”
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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