concurrent
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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