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con·cur·rent    Audio Help   [kuhn-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-] Pronunciation Key
–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 concurréns, prp. of concurrere to run together; see concur); see con-, current]

con·cur·rent·ly, adverb
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con·cur·rent    Audio Help   (kən-kûr'ənt, -kŭr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
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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concurrent

adjective
occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events" [syn: coincident

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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 timeoften in relationship, conjunction, association, or cooperation <the power of taxation in the general and state governments is acknowledged to be concurrentMcCulloch v.Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)> <a concurrent tortious act> —see also concurrent cause at CAUSEconcurrent 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 2acon·cur·rent·ly adverb

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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.

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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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