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Webster 1913 Edition

Concurrent

Con-cur′rent

,
Adj.
[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.
I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings’ son, as a
concurrent
cause of this reformation.
Sir J. Davies.
The
concurrent
testimony of antiquity.
Bp. Warburton.
2.
Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.
There is no difference the
concurrent
echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return.
Bacon.
Changes . . .
concurrent
with the visual changes in the eye.
Tyndall.
3.
Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects;
as, the
concurrent
jurisdiction of courts
.
Syn. – Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.

Con-cur′rent

,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
To all affairs of importance there are three necessary
concurrents
. . . time, industry, and faculties.
Dr. H. More.
2.
One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
Menander . . . had no
concurrent
in his time that came near unto him.
Holland.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Concurrent

CONCURRENT

,
Adj.
1.
Meeting; uniting; accompanying; acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act; contributing to the same event or effect; operating with.
I join with these laws the personal presence of the Kings son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
All combined, your beauty, and my impotence of mind, and his concurrent flame, that blew my fire.
2.
Conjoined; associate; concomitant.
There is no difference between the concurrent echo and the iterant, but the quickness or slowness of the return.
3.
Joint and equal; existing together and operating on the same objects. The courts of the United States, and those of the States have, in some cases, concurrent jurisdiction.

CONCURRENT

,
Noun.
That which concurs; joint or contributory cause.
To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents-time, industry and faculties.

Definition 2024

concurrent

concurrent

English

Concurrent testing of building models .

Adjective

concurrent ‎(comparative more concurrent, superlative most concurrent)

  1. Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
    • Tyndall
      changes […] concurrent with the visual changes in the eye
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
  2. Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
  3. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect.
    • Sir J. Davies
      I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
    • Bishop Warburton
      the concurrent testimony of antiquity
  4. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
    the concurrent jurisdiction of courts
  5. (geometry) Meeting in one point.
  6. Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
  7. (computing) Involving more than one thread of computation.

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Translations

Noun

concurrent ‎(plural concurrents)

  1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
    • Dr. H. More
      To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents […] time, industry, and faculties.
  2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
    • Holland
      Menander […] had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him.
  3. 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.

French

Etymology

From Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō ‎(“happen at the same time”), from con ‎(“with”) + currō ‎(“run”).

Adjective

concurrent m ‎(feminine singular concurrente, masculine plural concurrents, feminine plural concurrentes)

  1. concurrent, simultaneous
  2. competitive, in competition

Noun

concurrent m ‎(plural concurrents, feminine concurrente)

  1. competitor (person against whom one is competing)

Related terms

Latin

Verb

concurrent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of concurrō

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō ‎(“happen at the same time”), from con ‎(“with”) + currō ‎(“run”)

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