CONCURRENT


Meaning of CONCURRENT in English

— concurrently , adv.

/keuhn kerr"euhnt, -kur"-/ , adj.

1. occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.

2. acting in conjunction; cooperating: the concurrent efforts of several legislators to pass the new law.

3. having equal authority or jurisdiction: two concurrent courts of law.

4. accordant or agreeing: concurrent testimony by three witnesses.

5. tending to or intersecting at the same point: four concurrent lines.

n.

6. something joint or contributory.

7. Archaic. a rival or competitor.

[ 1375-1425; late ME ( concurrent- (s. of concurrens, prp. of concurrere to run together; see CONCUR); see CON-, CURRENT ]

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