concourse
Americannoun
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an assemblage; gathering.
a concourse of people.
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a driveway or promenade, especially in a park.
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a boulevard or other broad thoroughfare.
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a large open space for accommodating crowds, as in a railroad station.
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an area or grounds for racing, athletic sports, etc.
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an act or instance of running or coming together; confluence.
a concourse of events.
noun
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a crowd; throng
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a coming together; confluence
a concourse of events
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a large open space for the gathering of people in a public place
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a ground for sports, racing, athletics, etc
Etymology
Origin of concourse
1350–1400; Middle English concours < Middle French; replacing Middle English concurs < Latin concursus assembly, verbal noun corresponding to concurrere to assemble, collide. See concur, course
Example Sentences
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In a post on its website, a spokesperson wrote that a concourse was damaged and four employees injured in an unspecified “incident.”
From Los Angeles Times
Four staff were wounded at Dubai airport as a concourse sustained "minor damage", the facility's governing body said.
From Barron's
Volunteers and arena workers stood at the top of the concourse with no open seats left to claim.
From Los Angeles Times
You could have your photo taken on the arena concourse with a pleasure-beach style cut-out - your face on the bodies of Fear and Gibson.
From BBC
At Barcelona's main station Sants, fewer passengers were in the concourse than usual, with the strike following weeks of chaos on the northeastern Catalonia's ageing commuter network, used by hundreds of thousands of people.
From Barron's
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