Concomitant definition

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One that occurs or exists concurrently with another.

noun

An accompanying or attendant condition, circumstance, or thing.

noun

Occurring or existing concurrently; attendant.

Poverty and its concomitant social problems.

adjective

The definition of concomitant is something that goes naturally together or is associated with something else.

An example of concomitant is a large salary with a good job.

adjective

Concomitant is defined as something that usually happens along with, or right after, another event.

An example of concomitant is getting fired after you tell off your boss.

noun

Accompanying; attendant.

adjective

Accompanying; conjoined; attending; concurrent.

adjective

Something happening or existing at the same time.

noun

Other Word Forms

Singular:

concomitant

Plural:

concomitants

Late Latin concomitāns concomitant- present participle of concomitārī to accompany Latin com- com- Latin comitārī to accompany (from comes comit- companion ei- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
First attested 1607; from French concomitant, from concomitāns, the present participle of Latin concomitor (“I accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“I accompany”), from comes (“companion”).

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