concurrent
/kən'kʌrənt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Occurring or operating at the same time: Describes events, processes, or actions that happen simultaneously or overlap in duration.
- Existing or acting in conjunction; cooperating: Describes forces, opinions, or authorities that combine or agree.
- Meeting at or tending toward one point; convergent: Used in geometry to describe lines that meet at a common point.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The software runs two concurrent processes to improve efficiency.
- The judge received concurrent sentences for the two crimes, meaning they will be served simultaneously.
- Their concurrent efforts led to the project's rapid completion.
Advanced Usage
- "Concurrent with": Happening at the same time as something else.
- The policy change was concurrent with the new leadership.
- In computing: Refers to tasks executed in overlapping time periods, not necessarily at the same instant.
- The system supports concurrent user sessions.
Variants and Related Words
- Concurrence (n): The fact of two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time; agreement.
- The concurrence of these events was remarkable.
- Concurrently (adv): At the same time; simultaneously.
- The two classes are taught concurrently.
Synonyms
- Simultaneous: Happening, existing, or done at the same time.
- Coincident: Occurring together in space or time.
- Parallel: Similar and happening at the same time.
Antonyms
- Sequential: Forming or following a logical order or sequence in time.
- Separate: Not joined or connected; distinct in time.
- Nonconcurrent: Not occurring at the same time.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Concurrent jurisdiction: A situation in which two or more courts have the authority to hear the same case.
- Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure passed by both houses of a bicameral legislature that does not require executive approval.
Adjective
- occurring or operating at the same time
- a series of coincident events