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concurrent

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con⋅cur⋅rent

  [kuhn-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-]
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–adjective
1. occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
2. acting in conjunction; cooperating: the concurrent efforts of several legislators to pass the new law.
3. having equal authority or jurisdiction: two concurrent courts of law.
4. accordant or agreeing: concurrent testimony by three witnesses.
5. tending to or intersecting at the same point: four concurrent lines.
–noun
6. something joint or contributory.
7. Archaic. a rival or competitor.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < L concurrent- (s. of concurrēns, prp. of concurrere to run together; see concur ); see con-, current

Related forms:
con⋅cur⋅rent⋅ly, adverb
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con·cur·rent   (kən-kûr'ənt, -kŭr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Happening at the same time as something else. See Synonyms at contemporary.

  2. Operating or acting in conjunction with another.

  3. Meeting or tending to meet at the same point; convergent.

  4. Being in accordance; harmonious.


[Middle English, from Latin concurrēns, concurrent-, present participle of concurrere, to coincide; see concur.]
con·cur'rent n., con·cur'rent·ly adv.
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Main Entry: con·cur·rent
Pronunciation: k&n-'k&r-&nt
Function: adjective
1 : occurring, arising, or operating at the same time often in relationship, conjunction, association, or cooperation concurrent —McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)> concurrent tortious act> —see also concurrent cause at CAUSE concurrent sentence at SENTENCE
2 : insuring the same property to the same extent under identical terms <concurrent fire policies>
3 : exercised over the same matter or area by two different authorities —see also concurrent jurisdiction at JURISDICTION concurrent power at POWER 2a —con·cur·rent·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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