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con⋅cur⋅rent
[kuh
n-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-] 
–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. |
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| con·cur·rent (kən-kûr'ənt, -kŭr'-) adj.
[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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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.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.
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Language Translation for : concurrent
Spanish:
competidor,
German:
der, *die Teilnehmer(in),
Japanese:
競争者
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
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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