Found 2 items, similar to Concurrent.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: concurrent
concurrent
adj : occurring or operating at the same time;
“a series of
coincident events” [syn:
coincident,
coincidental,
coinciding,
cooccurring,
simultaneous]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Concurrent
Concurrent
\Con*cur"rent\, n.
1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory
cause.
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To all affairs of importance there are three
necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and
faculties. --Dr. H. More.
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2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects;
hence, a rival; an opponent.
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Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that
came near unto him. --Holland.
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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.
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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.
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I join with these laws the personal presence of the
kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this
reformation. --Sir J.
Davies.
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The concurrent testimony of antiquity. --Bp.
Warburton.
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2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening
at the same time.
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There is no difference the concurrent echo and the
iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return.
--Bacon.
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Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in
the eye. --Tyndall.
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3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar
questions; operating on the same objects; as, the
concurrent jurisdiction of courts.
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4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.
Syn: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated;
coincident; united.
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