verb
concur
To happen at the same time.
The two festivals concur this year, filling the city with visitors.
Etymology
The Latin verb pictures running together. Events concur when their courses meet in time, so their occurrences coincide rather than merely resemble one another.
More examples
- High winds and dry conditions sometimes concur during wildfire season.
- The eclipse concurred with our visit to the observatory.
- When these symptoms concur, doctors order additional tests.
Forms
concur · concurs · concurred · concurring
concurrent adjective — Occurring or existing at the same time.
concurrently adverb — At the same time as something else.
Similar words
- coincide
- The more usual choice for events happening at the same time.
- overlap
- Describes periods sharing some time, not necessarily identical timing.