concur

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Definition

to agree

• We concur on the action to be taken; though we disagree on the reasons.

• She could not bring herself to concur publically, but she honored her promise by not discussing her concerns.
concur = agree
•   "I never realized it would be so simple," said the king, stroking his beard and smiling broadly.
    "Quite simple indeed," concurred the bug.
  Norton Juster  --  The Phantom Tollbooth
concurred = agreed
• All his suspicions were directed against Lombard and I pretended to concur in these.
  Agatha Christie  --  And Then There Were None
concur = agree
• All four concurred.
  Dan Brown  --  The Da Vinci Code
concurred = agreed
• "It will take time," Bibwit concurred.
  Frank Beddor  --  The Looking Glass Wars
concurred = agreed
• The girl concurred.
  Markus Zusak  --  The Book Thief
concurred = agreed
• Blore concurred: "Vanished-that's the word!"
  Agatha Christie  --  And Then There Were None
concurred = agreed
• Langdon concurred with a nod.
  Dan Brown  --  The Da Vinci Code
concurred = agreed
• All the brothers had concurred.
  Dan Brown  --  The Da Vinci Code
concurred = agreed
• In passing sentence of death I concurred with the verdict.
  Agatha Christie  --  And Then There Were None
concurred = agreed
• Langdon concurred.
  Dan Brown  --  The Da Vinci Code
concurred = agreed
• It was characteristic of the police people that they had all more or less suspected poor Joe (though he never knew it), and that they had to a man concurred in regarding him as one of the deepest spirits they had ever encountered.
  Charles Dickens  --  Great Expectations
concurred = agreed
• "Thousands concur," he murmured and...
  J.D. Robb  --  Glory in Death
concur = agree
• "Yes, I concur," she said matter-of-factly.
  Trenton Lee Stewart  --  The Mysterious Benedict Society
• General Saxton added a note: "I concur fully in the above."
  Ann Petry  --  Harriet Tubman
• All, however, concurred in regarding these phrases as mere official verbiage, and the night of January 25 was the occasion of much festivity.
  Albert Camus  --  The Plague
• "Yep," Bien concurred, a bit wearily.
  Warren St. John  --  Outcasts United
• After five minutes, however, all four of us concurred: Hutchison's decision to leave Beck and Yasuko where they lay was the proper course of action.
  Jon Krakauer  --  Into Thin Air
• Lee said, "I have not concurred.
  Michael Shaara  --  The Killer Angels

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