The word concourse is a noun and is defined as:

1._ A large open space for the gathering or passage of crowds, as in an airport. (I was delighted to find the airport concourse void of commuters.)

2._ A broad thoroughfare. (The inspection station concourse check in area was narrower than the checkout area.)

3._ A great crowd; a throng. (Jesus spoke to a concourse of people.)

4._ The act of coming, moving, or flowing together. (Yahoo answers has a continuous concourse of people assisting one another.)

a “concourse” means a place where people come together. The word derives from English, French, and Latin, “concursus” and “concurrere,” meaning “to run together.” It is related etymologically to the word “concur.”

A concourse is a place where pathways meet, such as in a hotel, convention center, railway station, airport terminal, large hall, etc.

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