concurrent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
concurrent
    adj 1: occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of
           coincident events" [syn: {coincident}, {coincidental},
           {coinciding}, {concurrent}, {co-occurrent},
           {cooccurring}, {simultaneous}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory
      cause.
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            To all affairs of importance there are three
            necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and
            faculties.                            --Dr. H. More.
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   2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects;
      hence, a rival; an opponent.
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            Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that
            came near unto him.                   --Holland.
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   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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            I join with these laws the personal presence of the
            kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this
            reformation.                          --Sir J.
                                                  Davies.
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            The concurrent testimony of antiquity. --Bp.
                                                  Warburton.
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   2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening
      at the same time.
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            There is no difference the concurrent echo and the
            iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return.
                                                  --Bacon.
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            Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in
            the eye.                              --Tyndall.
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   3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar
      questions; operating on the same objects; as, the
      concurrent jurisdiction of courts.
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   4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.

   Syn: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated;
        coincident; united.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
CONCURRENT. Running together; having the same authority; thus we say a 
concurrent consideration occurs in the case of mutual promises; such and 
such a court have concurrent jurisdiction; that is, each has the same 
jurisdiction. 
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
142 Moby Thesaurus words for "concurrent":
      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

    

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