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concurrent
CIDE DICTIONARY
concurrent, a. [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.].
- Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; coöperating. [1913 Webster]"I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation." [1913 Webster]"The concurrent testimony of antiquity." [1913 Webster]
- Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. [1913 Webster]"There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return." [1913 Webster]"Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye." [1913 Webster]
- Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts. [1913 Webster]
- Meeting in one point.
Syn. -- Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.
concurrent, n.
- One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause. [1913 Webster]"To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties." [1913 Webster]
- One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. [1913 Webster]"Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him." [1913 Webster]
- One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
concurrent, adj.
1 (often foll. by with) a existing or in operation at the same time (served two concurrent sentences). b existing or acting together.
2 Geom. (of three or more lines) meeting at or tending towards one point.
3 agreeing, harmonious.
1 (often foll. by with) a existing or in operation at the same time (served two concurrent sentences). b existing or acting together.
2 Geom. (of three or more lines) meeting at or tending towards one point.
3 agreeing, harmonious.
Derivative
concurrence n. concurrently adv.
THESAURUS
concurrent
accessory, accompanying, accordant, agreeing, aligned, analogous, approaching, associate, associated, asymptotic, at one, at one with, attendant, attending, carried by acclamation, centripetal, centrolineal, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate, coefficient, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coextending, coextensive, coincident, coinstantaneous, collaborative, collateral, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, combining, commensal, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, compact, comprehensive, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurring, confluent, confocal, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, connivent, conniving, consentaneous, consilient, conspiratorial, contemporaneous, contemporary, conterminous, converging, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, corporate, correlative, coterminous, coupled, coworking, ecumenic, equal, equidistant, equispaced, even, fellow, focal, harmonious, harmonized, in agreement, inclusive, isochronal, isochronous, joined, joint, like-minded, lined up, meeting, mutual, mutually approaching, noncompetitive, nonconvergent, nondivergent, of a piece, of one accord, of one mind, paired, parallel, parallelepipedal, parallelinervate, paralleling, parallelodrome, parallelogrammatic, parallelogrammic, parallelotropic, parasitic, radial, radiating, reciprocal, saprophytic, simultaneous, solid, symbiotic, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, tangent, tangential, twin, unanimous, unchallenged, uncompetitive, uncontested, uncontradicted, uncontroverted, unison, unisonous, united, uniting, unopposed, with one consent, with one voiceROGET THESAURUS
concurrent
Synchronism
N synchronism, coexistence, coincidence, simultaneousness, simultaneity, concurrence, concomitance, unity of time, interim, isochronism, contemporary, coetanian, synchronous, synchronal, synchronic, synchronical, synchronistical, simultaneous, coexisting, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, coeval, coevous, contemporary, contemporaneous, coetaneous, coeternal, isochronous, at the same time, simultaneously, together, in concert, during the same time, in the same breath, pari passu, in the interim, as one, at the very moment, just as, as soon as, meanwhile.Concurrence
N concurrence, cooperation, coagency, union, agreement, consilience, consent, coincidence, alliance, concert, additivity, synergy, partnership, common cause, concurring, concurrent, in alliance with, banded together, of one mind, at one with, coinciding, with one consent.Convergence
N convergence, confluence, concourse, conflux, congress, concurrence, concentration, convergency, appulse, meeting, corradiation, assemblage, resort, asymptote, converging, convergent, confluent, concurrent, centripetal, asymptotical, asymptotic, confluxible.For further exploring for "concurrent" in Webster Dictionary Online
