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concourse

concourse

16 5.5
A large open area in a station or airport where people walk and wait
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒŋ.kɔːrs/
translation icon : vestíbulo
  • Jack Maguire came out into the concourse two minutes before closing.

They have art exhibits in the concourse.

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Examples

  • Tickets for this week's game available now on the main concourse, right behind Aisle 14.

  • As the flight was delayed, passengers gathered in the bustling concourse of the airport.

  • Perhaps you have had the experience of running along the concourse in an airport.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Through that door, it will take you to the main concourse.

  • I waited at the bottom of the ramp in the airport concourse for my brother and his girlfriend to appear.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The snack bar was a short walk down the concourse, set in a narrow niche in the wall.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Will all passengers who have not done so please check in at the Global departure lounge, Gate 3 in the south concourse.

  • When he finally got off the plane, the young man practically sprinted down the concourse.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • In the station, we stood on the marble staircase overlooking the concourse, our hands lightly touching.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Royal Airlines Flight 904, nonstop service to Budapest... is now ready for immediate departure... gate seven, concourse "A."

Synonyms

lobby
vsconcourse
261 1.3

A large entrance area in a building where people wait

is instead a large public open area where crowds move through
foyer
vsconcourse
45 3.9

A large entrance hall in a building like a hotel or theater where people wait

is a more general public space used for crowd movement in stations
hall
vsconcourse
27 1.0

An area by the main door where people meet or wait

is specifically a public open area for people to gather or move through
vestibule
vsconcourse
12 6.0

A small entrance hall next to a building's front door where people wait

is larger, open public area where people gather and pass through
entrance hall
vsconcourse
4 2.8

A large room just inside the main door where people enter and wait

is larger and used by many people moving through public buildings

How Big

plaza
125 2.7
concourse
16 5.5
hall
314 1.0
lobby
261 1.3
foyer
45 3.9
vestibule
12 6.0

Surface Forms

concourse singular
concourses plural

Morphology

concourse = course (opaque) = con + course

Although historically analyzable as con- + course, the modern meanings 'large hall' or 'gathering' are not predictable from 'course' and the prefix 'con-'.

Etymology

Concourse comes from parts meaning 'together', con-, and 'run' or 'move', the same idea you find in the word course. So a concourse is an open hall in a station or airport where many people come together and move through.