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.
noun
6.
something joint or contributory.
7.
Archaic. a rival or competitor.
Origin
1375-1425;late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latinconcurrent- (stem of concurrēns, present participle of concurrere to run together; see concur); see con-, current
Related forms
concurrently, adverb
preconcurrent, adjective
preconcurrently, adverb
unconcurrent, adjective
unconcurrently, adverb
Examples from the web for concurrently
Ray to three two-year sentences, to run concurrently.
The appointees will be offered the headship appointment concurrently for an initial period of three years.
The large pick-up in sequential growth concurrently indicated in the latest estimate is also consistent with this picture.
The point is there are various approaches that should be used concurrently.
Under the plea agreements, the sentences will be served concurrently.
One of the sentences, a five-year-term for the theft conviction, will be served concurrently with the others.
Unhappy incidents may occur not one at a time, but concurrently.
These are also applications that are going to be running concurrently.
The life-without-parole sentences will run concurrently.
concurrently proper development needs to occur to better the people's lives.
British Dictionary definitions for concurrently
concurrent
/kənˈkʌrənt/
adjective
1.
taking place at the same time or in the same location
2.
cooperating
3.
meeting at, approaching, or having a common point: concurrent lines
4.
having equal authority or jurisdiction
5.
in accordance or agreement; harmonious
noun
6.
something joint or contributory; a concurrent circumstance or cause
Derived Forms
concurrently, adverb
Word Origin and History for concurrently
concurrent
adj.
late 14c., from Old French concurrent or directly from Latin concurrentem (nominative concurrens), present participle of concurrere (see concur). Related: Concurrency; concurrently. Concurrent jurisdiction is recorded from 1767.