concur

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Some by a landslide, some by a smaller margin, but all concur -- if the polls are accurate, Obama is the next President of the United States.

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  1. intransitive verb To be of the same opinion; agree: concurred on the issue of preventing crime. See Synonyms at assent.
  2. intransitive verb To act together; cooperate.
  3. intransitive verb To occur at the same time; coincide: icy sleet that concurred with a forceful wind.
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  • The publications in the colonies and the official documents substantially concur, and with minute controversy history has no concern. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2), by John West
  • In this sentiment I entirely concur, and to a perfect confidence in your best endeavors to devise such a provision as will be truly consistent with the end, I add an equal reliance on the cheerful cooperation of the other branch of the Legislature. —  Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2
  • Some by a landslide, some by a smaller margin, but all concur -- if the polls are accurate, Obama is the next President of the United States. —  The Latest on Air America
  • In their general line of thought and conduct I enthusiastically concur, and consider them to be before their age. —  Apologia Pro Vita Sua
  • In this we do not fully concur, and in view of the large number of employes who have grown old in his service, we cannot but feel justified in this belief. —  Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail
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  1. Middle English concurren, from Latin concurrere, to meet, coincide : com-, com- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French concourir = Provencal concurrer = Spanish concurrir = Portuguese concorrer = Italian concorrere, concur, compete (cf. Dutch konkurreren = German concurriren = Danish konkurrere, compete), from Latin concurrere, run together, join, meet, from com-, together, + currere, run: see current, and cf. incur, occur, recur. Cf. concourse.
  2. concur, v.
 

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