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concurrence Definition

con·cur·rence (-əns)

noun

  1. a happening together in time or place
  2. a combining to produce or bring about something
  3. agreement; accord
  4. Geom.
    1. the point where three or more lines or planes meet
    2. the junction of lines or surfaces

Etymology: ME < ML concurrentia < L concurrens: see concurrent

concurrence Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • seconder: Withdrawal of Motions 4. A motion may be withdrawn by the mover with the concurrence of the seconder.
  • house: Ordered, That Sir Richard Lloyd do carry up the Bill to the Lords, with the Concurrence of the House thereto.
  • event: The concurrence of historical events and individual lives convinced them that by changing themselves they could change the planet.
  • creditor: However, the meeting may approve such a proposal or modification with the concurrence of the preferential creditor concerned.
  • authority: The concurrence of two authorities and a qualification of annual value were necessary for the grant of a new public-house license.
  • testimony: The probability arising from the concurrence of the two testimonies which we have now specified is just as we have stated it.

Converse of object

  • desire: They have likewise sent down an Order concerning the Clerk of the Crown; in which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
  • obtain: The DV should not suggest the parties make an application under this Rule without first having obtained the concurrence of the IR Solicitor.
  • require: The Authority's unanimous decision required the concurrence of the Home Secretary and this was announced yesterday, 2 January 2003.
  • give: District procedure needs to be clearly agreed and understood on such matters, including who can give concurrence to calls.
  • receive: If the appointment is made by an agency head, the agency head must receive the concurrence of the National Intelligence Director.
  • make: Heuristic: make the concurrences as equal as possible.

Adjective modifier

  • prior: The DV should not however agree alternative valuations without the prior concurrence of the RD/CV(S ) and the legal adviser to the authority.
  • written: In the majority health consumers an other professional services the written concurrence.
  • ordinary: Those that ' need only the ordinary concurrence of God in order to exist ' are properly called ' created substances ' .

Preposition: by

  • rand: On the results concurrence by rand in public coverage percent points higher than.

Noun used with modifier

  • host: In all cases, host government concurrence is required for refugee processing on foreign territory.
  • government: In all cases, host government concurrence is required for refugee processing on foreign territory.
concurrence Quotes

You may call it coalition, you may call it the accidental and fortuitous concurrence of atoms†but when gentlemen are in the habit of finding themselves in the same Lobby, it is not unnatural to suppose that they may, under certain circumstances, be ready to unite themselves together for the purpose of forming an Administration and becoming responsible for the opinions that they severally entertain.

—Palmerston, HenryJohnTemple, 3rd Viscount