concourse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: concourse	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for concourse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
concourse n a large gathering of people [syn: multitude, throng, concourse] a wide hallway in a building where people can walk a coming together of people Synonym(s): concourse, confluence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concourse \Con"course\, n. [F. concours, L. concursus, fr. concurrere to run together. See {Concur}.] 1. A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence. The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. --Sir M. Hale. 2. An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place. Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade. --Prescott. 3. The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies. [Obs.] The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses. --Sir I. Newton. 4. An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet. 5. Concurrence; co[94]peration. [Obs.] The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding. --Barrow.