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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. occurring or operating at the same time;
- Example: "a series of coincident events"
[syn: coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous]


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. [1913 Webster] I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] The concurrent testimony of antiquity. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] 2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. [1913 Webster] There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster] 3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts. [1913 Webster] 4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point. Syn: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. [1913 Webster] Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

concurrent adj 1: occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous]