concurrence
- noun
- /kənˈkɜːrəns/
- Another 402 cases (35%) showed concurrence by health care risk factor and susceptibility pattern (HA-MRSA: 165, or 41%; CA-MRSA: 237, or 59%).
Examples
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It is unclear whether the record manufacturing plant was a deliberate attempt to fill the void created by the prohibition against Cuban imports, or whether the concurrence of events was purely coincidental.
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The essay examines the consequences of the concurrence of a recent surge of interest in LGBT lives in the Italian media with the perceived transformation of Spain.
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We've never seen the concurrence of events we see here.
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A boundary or limit situation consists of a concurrence of circumstances calling for a radical change in attitude towards existence.
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That the concurrence of the Secretary of State for External Affairs is required is reflective of the fact that such orders may have significant foreign policy and trade ramifications.
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They argue that American and Indian interests in Afghanistan are increasingly aligned and that long-term stability in the country will require a similar move toward concurrence of aims between India and Pakistan.
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The concurrence of the participatory action research/empowerment evaluation approach with Lakota ideas and traditions was an important reason we adopted the methodology for the CIRCLE evaluation.
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As a scholar, Kuyper developed the theory of "sphere sovereignty," and as a politician, he attempted to put it into practice in approximate concurrence with the papacy of Leo XIII.
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The concurrence of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., joined by Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, stressed that the new four-part test should produce much the same results.
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The concurrence of the two storms caused widespread flooding in the region.
Synonyms
Two or more people act or speak at the same time
When events happen at the same time
Two or more events happening at the same time
A situation when events happen at the same time
Two or more things happening at the same time
Two or more things happening at the same time
A state of things happening at the same time
The state of events or actions happening at the same time
More than one thing happening at the same time or in the same place
The fact of existing or happening at the same time as something else
Two or more things happen at the same time
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Morphology
Etymology
The word concurrence comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and currere 'to run', literally 'running together', and shares the same root as current and occur. That's why concurrence can mean two or more things 'happening at the same time'.