Concur: meaning, example and synonyms
Concurv. To agree with an opinion, view or conclusion.
Example
Most geologists now concur that the canyon was carved gradually over millions of years rather than by a single catastrophic flood.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Synonyms
- agree, accord, assent, coincide
- Antonyms
- disagree, dissent, differ, object
- Memory tip
- con (together) + currere (run): opinions running together.
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Check yourself: Concur in context
When independent laboratories repeated the experiment and obtained identical results, even early skeptics began to ______ with the original findings.
Answer: concur. Skeptics coming to agree with confirmed findings concur with them. Muzzle (silence), amass (gather) and denigrate (belittle) don't fit this context.
The dissenting judge did not ______ with the majority's reasoning, arguing in a separate opinion that the statute had been misapplied.
Answer: concur. A dissenting judge is one who does not concur, or agree, with the majority. Amass (gather), nullify (cancel) and misconstrue (misinterpret) don't fit this context.