Concurrent
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 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."
- 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 neere vnto 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.
- 4 One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.
- 1 Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
"concurrent echo"
- 2 Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
- 3 Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
"I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation."
- 4 Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
"the concurrent jurisdiction of courts"
- 5 Meeting in one point.
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- 6 Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
- 7 Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.
"Informally, a concurrent program is one that does more than one thing at a time. […] However, this simultaneity is sometimes an illusion."
- 1 occurring or operating at the same time wordnet
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More examples"Are increases in life expectancy accompanied by a concurrent postponement of disability and functional limitations?"
Etymology
From Middle English concurrent, 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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