concourse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English concours, from Middle French concours and its etymon Latin concursus, concursum, from concurrere (“to run together”). See concur. Doublet of concours.
Inflected forms:
form: concourses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The focal point of the N.Y.C., Grand Central Station in New York, is probably the world's best known railway station - and with good reason. The main line concourse alone is more than 120ft high and wide, and over 250ft long.
2018, March 1, Tusdiq Din on BBC Sport, Mohamed Salah: Is Liverpool striker's success improving engagement with Muslim fans?
In east London in October 2013, during a game between West Ham and Manchester City, a small group of home Muslim fans - with no prayer room available - tried to offer their Maghrib (sunset) prayer on a concourse under the main stand at the club's former home Upton Park.
On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
gloss: An airport terminal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A large group of people; a crowd.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the Concourſe of curious People coming to him at his Houſe in Redriff, made a ſmall Purchaſe of Land, with a convenient Houſe, near Newark in Nottinghamſhire, his native Country; where he now lives retired, yet in good eſteem among his Neighbours.
1856-1859, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Phillip II
Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade.
When we arrived at the hall we found a much greater concourse than I had expected.
Down in the concourses at half-time, football and Christmas collide to make excitable children of us all.
gloss: The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ... there was only wanting the concourse of rains ...
The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter.
The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses.
gloss: An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Concurrence; cooperation.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
examples: The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding.
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 大廳 /大厅
roman: dàtīng
lang: Dutch
word: wachtzaal
lang: Dutch
word: ruimte
lang: Esperanto
word: halo
lang: Finnish
word: halli
lang: Finnish
word: odotussali
lang: French
word: hall
lang: German
word: Wartehalle
lang: German
word: Querbahnsteig
lang: Greek
word: αίθουσα αναμονής
roman: aíthousa anamonís
lang: Hungarian
word: csarnok
lang: Hungarian
word: előcsarnok
lang: Italian
word: spianata
lang: Italian
word: salone
lang: Italian
word: sala
lang: Italian
word: atrio
lang: Italian
word: androne
lang: Japanese
word: コンコース
roman: konkōsu
lang: Korean
word: 콩코스
roman: kongkoseu
lang: Malay
word: dataran
lang: Persian
word: هال
lang: Persian
word: راهرو
lang: Polish
word: hala
lang: Portuguese
word: átrio
lang: Russian
word: конко́рс
roman: konkórs
lang: Russian
word: гла́вный вестибю́ль вокза́ла
roman: glávnyj vestibjúlʹ vokzála
lang: Russian
word: гла́вный зал вокза́ла
roman: glávnyj zal vokzála
lang: Spanish
word: explanada