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   concourse

   /ˈkɒnkɔːs/

   noun

   • 1. a large open area inside or in front of a public building: "a station concourse" Similar entrancefoyerlobbyhallpiazzaplaza
   • 2. a crowd or assembly of people: formal "a vast concourse of onlookers"
   • ▪ the action of coming together or meeting: "the concourse of bodies"
   • ▪ another term for concours

   Word Origin late Middle English (in concourse (sense 2)): from Old French concours, from Latin concursus, from concurs- ‘run together, met’, from the verb concurrere (see concur). concourse (sense 1) (originally US) dates from the mid 19th century.

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