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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.
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Concurrently
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin concurrent- (stem of concurrēns, present participle of concurrere to run together; see concur); see con-, current
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin concurrent- (stem of concurrēns, present participle of concurrere to run together; see concur); see con-, current
Related forms
con·cur·rent·ly, adverb
pre·con·cur·rent, adjective
pre·con·cur·rent·ly, adverb
un·con·cur·rent, adjective
un·con·cur·rent·ly, adverb
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- He is in state custody and will serve the sentences concurrently.
- His plea bargain stipulates that any state sentence will not exceed and will run concurrently with his federal sentence.
- One of the sentences, a five-year-term for the theft conviction, will be served concurrently with the others.
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