concurrent Definition
con·cur·rent (-ənt)
adjective
- occurring at the same time; existing together
- meeting in or going toward the same point; converging
- acting together; cooperating
- in agreement; harmonious
- exercised equally over the same area concurrent jurisdiction
Etymology: ME < L concurrens: prp. of concurrere, concur
noun
a concurrent circumstance, cause, etc.
concurrent Related Forms
concurrent Synonyms
concurrent
modif.
Occurring at the same time
simultaneous, parallel, coexisting, side-by-side; see concomitant, simultaneous.Meeting at the same point
converging, coinciding, coterminous, convergent, meeting, uniting, confluent, centrolineal; see also joined.Acting together
cooperating, mutual, concerted, joint; see collective, cooperative 2.In agreement
unified, agreeing, concurring, allied; see alike 2, harmonious 2, unanimous.
concurrent Law Definition
adj
- Existing or occurring at the same time.
- Cooperating; coordinated; united in purpose, action, or application.
- Simultaneously having authority or jurisdiction over the same legal action, dispute, or matter.
concurrent Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- highly: This is not an adequate solution in highly concurrent systems where reliability is required.
- so: However, a month had gone by; the breast development had increased so concurrent radiotherapy to the breast area commenced.
- not: For many managers, whose accounting year was not concurrent with the tax year, this meant an additional audit visit.
- inherently: Rather note that everyday experience of things and people is inherently concurrent.
- often: There is very often concurrent sinusitis or otitis media ( 6090 % of cases ).
Preposition: with
- development: Concurrent with these developments was the litany of the troubles.
- application: Do you accept bids concurrent with applications to other organizations, e.g. the MRC?
- process: Concurrent with this process, a search of the existing literature on care of patients receiving ambulatory chemotherapy in the community was undertaken.
- radiation: Chemotherapy concurrent with radiation and surgery is the treatment of choice for unresectable disease.
- rise: These changes could result in instability, especially if concurrent with the rise of nationalisms.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
take: EW preparations will normally precede, but may take place concurrent with, sea, ground, and air operations.
Modifies a noun
- validity: Concurrent validity is a particular form of criterion validity.
- programming: The theory and practice of concurrent programming is in its infancy.
- jurisdiction: ORR does not hold concurrent jurisdiction in relation to mergers.
- chemotherapy: Will you also get concurrent chemotherapy ( along with radiation )?
- engineering: Some papers on tools for concurrent engineering are included.
- execution: Simple parallelism: concurrent execution of sections of DO loops.
Used with adjective complement
- run: All the sentences were to run concurrent, meaning a total of 18 years.
- occur: This occurred concurrent with platform lengthening at the station's eastern end, allowing the station to accommodate twelve-vehicle electric formations.
- allow: ICMS allows concurrent e-Learning development across a company's network and via remote PC's.
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