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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
concurrent
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
concurrent opinions
▪ A concurrent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art offers a fuller look at Rothko's work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Among these hypokalaemia is the most consistent and important finding, and its magnitude correlates well with the concurrent serum theophylline concentration.
▪ For the same reason the concurrent use of disulfiram and antidepressants is not indicated.
▪ Patients were excluded from further examination after their dyspepsia clinic visit if they had severe concurrent cardiovascular or respiratory disease.
▪ The functions which may be exercised by parish, town and community councils are nearly all concurrent functions with district councils.
▪ Top management views concurrent engineering as something the lower levels learn and apply.
▪ Up to 48 concurrent asynchronous lines are available for printers and VDUs.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concurrent

Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, n.

  1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

    To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties.
    --Dr. H. More.

  2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.

    Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him.
    --Holland.

  3. (Chron.) 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.

Concurrent

Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, a. [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.]

  1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; co["o]perating.

    I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
    --Sir J. Davies.

    The concurrent testimony of antiquity.
    --Bp. Warburton.

  2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.

    There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return.
    --Bacon.

    Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye.
    --Tyndall.

  3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.

  4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.

    Syn: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
concurrent

late 14c., from Old French concurrent or directly from Latin concurrentem (nominative concurrens), present participle of concurrere (see concur). Related: Concurrency; concurrently. Concurrent jurisdiction is recorded from 1767.

Wiktionary
concurrent

a. 1 happen at the same time; simultaneous. 2 belong to the same period; contemporary. 3 Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect. 4 Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects. 5 (context geometry English) Meeting in one point. 6 Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space. 7 (context computing English) Involving more than one thread of computation. n. 1 One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause. 2 One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. 3 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.

WordNet
concurrent

adj. occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental, coinciding, cooccurring, simultaneous]

Wikipedia

Usage examples of "concurrent".

Miyake, a student of philosophy who remained a rival of Tokutomi throughout their long, concurrent careers, asserted that although a Spencerian type of struggle among nations was unavoidable during the course of historical progress, the process of modernization did not lead inevitably to a universal kind of state.

Calhoun thought this admirable, and wished to effect the same end here, where it is secured by other, more effective, and less objectionable means, by a State veto on the acts of Congress, by a dual executive, and by substituting concurrent for numerical majorities.

But success, obsequiousness, applause, the love of women, the concurrent good opinion of all humanitarians, are these not almost as dangerous as persecution?

He saw the corpse above him, khopesh raised in triumph for the final stroke, but it dissolved in a shower of bone fragments, rotting meat and dust as Olivier and Gil scored concurrent hits on it.

There was no change, so she turned her attention to a concurrent analysis of the midwater zone.

In that case, we would go to trial on the custody issue concurrent with the divorce.

Iranaputra and his companions found it more natural to have the light source overhead concurrent with the warmest part of the day.

But now, thanks to jubilant Journals and Homeric laughter over the Continent, the secret is out, in so far as the concurrents are all unmasked and exposed for the edification of the American public.

Colney left the whole body of concurrents on the raised flooring of a famous New York Hall, clearly entrapped, and incited to debate before an enormous audience, as to the merits of their respective languages.

As to his conversion, where interest and inclination, state policy, and, if not a sincere conviction of its truth, at least a respect, an esteem, an awe of Christianity, thus coincided, Constantine himself would probably have been unable to trace the actual history of the workings of his own mind, or to assign its real influence to each concurrent motive.

With the departure of most of the invaders and the concurrent cessation of roving patrols, the archers and dartmen had padded forth, under command of Senior Sergeant Danos, bound for predetermined positions within range of the invader camp and with strict orders to hold their shaft until the van of the attack column was abreast of them, that the shock of the charge might strike upon the very heels of the shock of the arrowstorm.

With the departure of most of the invaders and the concurrent cessation of roving patrols, the archers and dartmen had padded forth, under command of Senior Sergeant Danos, bound for predetermined positions within range of the invader camp and with strict orders to hold their shaft until the van of the attack column was abreast of them, that the shock of the charge might strike upon the very heels of the shock of the arrow storm.

With the departure of most of the invaders and the concurrent cessation of roving patrols, the archers and dartmen had padded forth, under command of Senior Sergeant Danos, bound for predetermined positions within range of the invader camp and with strict orders to hold their shaft until the van of the attack column was abreast of them, that the shock of the charge might strike upon the very heels of the shock of the arrowstonn.

Concurrent with these mental studies were the physical exercises: tai chi, jiujutsu, aikido, karate, kenjutsu.

The microbe's trigger mechanism additionally required the concurrent and coordinated applications of protein and molecular engineering processes.