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con·course

 (kŏn′kôrs′, kŏng′-)
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.
[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
[C14: from Old French concours, ultimately from Latin concurrere to run together, from currere to run]
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con•course

(ˈkɒn kɔrs, -koʊrs, ˈkɒŋ-)

n.
1. an assemblage; gathering: a concourse of people.
2. a boulevard or other broad thoroughfare.
3. a large open space for accommodating crowds, as in a railroad station.
4. an act or instance of coming together; confluence: a concourse of events.
[1350–1400; Middle English concours, concurs (< Middle French) < Latin concursus assembly <concurrere to assemble. See concur, course]
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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.
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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.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.concourse - a large gathering of peopleconcourse - 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.
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concourse

noun
The act or fact of coming together:
confluence, convergence, gathering, junction, meeting.
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Translations

concourse

[ˈkɒŋkɔːs] N
1. [of people] → concurrencia f; [of rivers] → confluencia f
2. (in building, station) → explanada f
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concourse

[ˈkɒnkɔːrs] n
(= hall) → hall m; (in station, airport) → hall m; (in shopping mall) → galerie f
(= crowd) [people] → affluence f, foule f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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
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concourse

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