Concourse

Quick meaning: Concourse is a noun meaning An airport terminal.

Meaning

An airport terminal.

More Meanings

1. A large group of people; a crowd.
2. The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.
3. An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
4. 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.
5. (obsolete, uncountable) Concurrence; cooperation.

Example Sentences

... there was only wanting the concourse of rains .

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.

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.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for concourse

Depending on context, synonyms include confluence, throng, multitude.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include confluence, throng, multitude, ferry, terminal, pier.

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