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Definition of Concourse
1. Noun. A large gathering of people.
Generic synonyms: Assemblage, Gathering
Specialized synonyms: Hive, Horde, Host, Legion, Herd, Ruck
Derivative terms: Throng
2. Noun. A wide hallway in a building where people can walk.
3. Noun. A coming together of people.
Definition of Concourse
1. n. A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.
Definition of Concourse
1. Noun. A large open space in a building where people can gather. ¹
2. Noun. A large group of people; a crowd. ¹
3. Noun. The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; confluence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Concourse
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concourse
Literary usage of Concourse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, William Smith (1852)
"Such an evidence hath Homer left us, that in early times there was a great
concourse and festival at Delos. But afterwards the people of the islands and the ..."
2. Cicero: A Sketch of His Life and Works by Hannis Taylor, Mary Lillie Taylor Hunt (1916)
"... Design as against fortuitous concourse of atoms. Cotta's rejoinder in third
book, parts of which are lost. De Divina- tione, a treatise on the mantic ..."
3. Psychology and Preaching by Charles Spurgeon Gardner (1918)
"Now, the proposition as to mental interaction was stated as universal, but it
may fairly be questioned whether it holds good as to the accidental concourse. ..."
4. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1843)
"concourse of Indians.— A Casa Real.—Plaza.—Improvements.—The Church.—A Nona, or
Well.—Municipal Elections.—The Democratic Principle. ..."
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