co-occurrent
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Occurring or operating at the same time: Describes two or more events, actions, or phenomena that happen simultaneously or exist concurrently.
- Coincident: Refers to things that coincide in time or place, often implying a notable overlap or concurrence.
Usage
The word "co-occurrent" is a formal, academic term primarily used in linguistics, statistics, and data analysis. It describes the simultaneous presence or occurrence of items, such as words in a text or events in a dataset. It is less common in everyday conversation.
Examples
- Adjective:
- In corpus linguistics, researchers analyze co-occurrent words to understand common phrases.
- The study identified several co-occurrent symptoms in patients with the syndrome.
- These two historical events were co-occurrent but not causally related.
Advanced Usage
- As a noun ("co-occurrence"): The phenomenon or instance of things occurring together.
- The software calculates the frequency of word co-occurrence.
Variants and Related Words
- Co-occur (verb): To occur together or simultaneously.
- These two conditions often co-occur in clinical practice.
- Co-occurrence (noun): The fact or instance of occurring together.
- The co-occurrence of high inflation and unemployment is a major concern.
- Concurrent (adj): Existing, happening, or done at the same time. (A close synonym, but "concurrent" is more general and common.)
- Simultaneous (adj): Occurring or operating at exactly the same time. (Emphasizes precise timing.)
Synonyms
- Concurrent
- Simultaneous
- Coincident
- Synchronous
Antonyms
- Separate
- Sequential
- Non-concurrent
Adjective
- occurring or operating at the same time
- a series of coincident events