Concurred

/kənˈkɜːrd/ past tense

Definition

Agreed with someone or something; happened at the same time as something else.

Etymology

From Latin concurrere (con- 'together' + currere 'to run'). The word entered English in the 14th century and originally meant 'to run together' or 'to meet,' evolving to mean both 'to happen simultaneously' and 'to agree.'

Kelly Says

The metaphor behind 'concurred' is beautiful—when people agree, they're literally 'running together' in Latin thinking, and when events concur, they're 'running to meet each other'—it's why we talk about circumstances 'coinciding' with the same running-together image.

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