'Concurrent' definitions:
Definition of 'concurrent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous]
Definition of 'Concurrent'
From: GCIDE
- 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; cooperating. [1913 Webster]
- I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- The concurrent testimony of antiquity. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. [1913 Webster]
- There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.
- Syn: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Concurrent'
From: GCIDE
- Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause. [1913 Webster]
- To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. [1913 Webster]
- Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'concurrent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- accompanying,
- accordant,
- agreeing,
- aligned,
- analogous,
- approaching,
- associate,
- associated,
- asymptotic,
- at one,
- at one with,
- attendant,
- attending,
- carried by acclamation,
- centripetal,
- centrolineal,
- coacting,
- coactive,
- coadjutant,
- coadjuvant,
- coadunate,
- coefficient,
- coetaneous,
- coeternal,
- coeval,
- coexistent,
- coexisting,
- coextending,
- coextensive,
- coincident,
- coinstantaneous,
- collaborative,
- collateral,
- collective,
- collectivist,
- collectivistic,
- collusive,
- combined,
- combining,
- commensal,
- common,
- communal,
- communalist,
- communalistic,
- communist,
- communistic,
- communitarian,
- compact,
- comprehensive,
- concerted,
- concomitant,
- concordant,
- concurring,
- confluent,
- confocal,
- conjoint,
- conjugate,
- conjunct,
- connivent,
- conniving,
- consentaneous,
- consilient,
- conspiratorial,
- contemporaneous,
- contemporary,
- conterminous,
- converging,
- cooperant,
- cooperating,
- cooperative,
- coordinate,
- corporate,
- correlative,
- coterminous,
- coupled,
- coworking,
- ecumenic,
- equal,
- equidistant,
- equispaced,
- even,
- fellow,
- focal,
- harmonious,
- harmonized,
- in agreement,
- inclusive,
- isochronal,
- isochronous,
- joined,
- joint,
- like-minded,
- lined up,
- meeting,
- mutual,
- mutually approaching,
- noncompetitive,
- nonconvergent,
- nondivergent,
- of a piece,
- of one accord,
- of one mind,
- paired,
- parallel,
- parallelepipedal,
- parallelinervate,
- paralleling,
- parallelodrome,
- parallelogrammatic,
- parallelogrammic,
- parallelotropic,
- parasitic,
- radial,
- radiating,
- reciprocal,
- saprophytic,
- simultaneous,
- solid,
- symbiotic,
- synchronal,
- synchronic,
- synchronous,
- synergetic,
- synergic,
- synergistic,
- tangent,
- tangential,
- twin,
- unanimous,
- unchallenged,
- uncompetitive,
- uncontested,
- uncontradicted,
- uncontroverted,
- unison,
- unisonous,
- united,
- uniting,
- unopposed,
- with one consent,
- with one voice