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A concourse is a place where pathways or roads meet, such as in a hotel, a convention center, a railway station, an airport terminal, a hall, or other space. The Concourse (Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is a high-rise commercial and residential building on Beach Road in Kallang, Singapore. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Look up path in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Road (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Hotel (disambiguation). ... Exhibition Hall of the Makaryev Fair. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. ... For other uses, see Hall (disambiguation). ...

Etymology

Literally, 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." The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with Entomology, the scientific study of insects. ...

Examples

Examples of concourses include:

• Meeting halls
• Universities
• Railway stations
• conference centers
• Hotels
• Airport terminals
• Shopping malls or portions of shopping malls which are often called "shopping concourses"
• Sports arenas and stadiums

Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Exhibition Hall of the Makaryev Fair. ... A hotel is an establishment that provides lodging, usually on a short-term basis. ... An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. ... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ... For other uses, see Arena (disambiguation). ... The new Wembley Stadium in London is the most expensive stadium ever built; it has a seating capacity of 90,000 This article is about the building type. ...

Contemporary usage

More recently, "concourse" is often used to refer to a situation where people come together in online presence, even if they don't come together in real physical life. An example of such an online community is the IEEE Student Concourse, as well as various online shopping concourses. Online means being connected to the Internet or another similar electronic network, like a bulletin board system. ... The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-ee) is an international non-profit, professional organization incorporated in the State of New York, United States. ... online shopping has grown hugley as the internet has expanded. ...

See also

• Concourse on High (Bahá'í Faith)
• Concourse at Landmark Center

The Concourse on High is a Baháí term for the gathering of God’s prophets, and His holy and chosen souls. ... Built in phases between 1984 and 1991, the Concourse is a real estate development in Metro Atlantas Perimeter business district (in the city of Sandy Springs, Georgia). ...

External links

• IEEE Student Concourse
• Eaton's shopping concourse (government file photo)