different between competitions vs concourse
competitions
English
Noun
competitions
- plural of competition
competitions From the web:
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concourse
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French concours, from Latin concursus, from concurrere (“to run together”). See concur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??k??(?)s/
Noun
concourse (plural concourses)
- 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.
- 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.
- 2018, March 1, Tusdiq Din on BBC Sport, Mohamed Salah: Is Liverpool striker's success improving engagement with Muslim fans?
- A large group of people; a crowd.
- 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.
- 1856-1859, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Phillip II
- The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; confluence.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, First Day:
- ... there was only wanting the concourse of rains ...
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- 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.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, First Day:
- An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
- (obsolete) concurrence; cooperation
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Pleasantness of Religion (sermon)
- The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Pleasantness of Religion (sermon)
Usage notes
In sense "open space", particularly used of indoor spaces, by contrast with plaza, place, square, etc. However, may be used for outdoor spaces as well, primarily high-traffic areas in front of a building.
Coordinate terms
- (open space): circus, plaza
Translations
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