Concur

How to spell concur

6 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce concur

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does concur mean?

1. verbTo be of the same opinion as someone; to agree.
2. verbTo happen or occur at the same time; to coincide.

Concur in a sentence

• The board members concur with the chairman's recommendation.

• Several factors concur to cause the sudden drop in sales.

• Most economists concur that interest rates will rise next year.

• These circumstances rarely concur in such a short period.

Where does concur come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word comes from the Latin concurrere, which literally meant 'to run together'. It was built from the prefix con-, meaning 'together' or 'with', and the verb currere, meaning 'to run', the same root that gives us 'current', 'course', and 'occur'. The original sense of things physically running together broadened into the figurative idea of opinions or events coming together, that is, agreeing or coinciding. English adopted it in the fifteenth century, first in the sense of events happening at the same time and then, more commonly, in the sense of being of one mind with someone. Because the base verb currere doubles its r only when a suffix is added, 'concur' itself keeps a single r, while 'concurred' and 'concurrence' double it, which is exactly where the spelling can trip an adult up.

How the word is built

• con- (together)
• cur (run, from Latin currere 'to run')