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adjective

Concurrent adj.

1.

Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating. "I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation." "The concurrent testimony of antiquity."

2.

Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. "There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return." "Changes... concurrent with the visual changes in the eye."

3.

Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.

4.

(Geom.) Meeting in one point.

Synonyms: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.

noun

Concurrent n.

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 near unto him."

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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Concurrent" Quotes from Famous Books

... problems of another for which it has been exchanged. The comparative ease with which this is done is evidence of the widespread existence of that gift which our enemies call the power of "muddling through," but which has been termed—without wholly sacrificing truth to politeness—the "concurrent adaptability to environment." The British sailor as "handy man" has few equals and no superiors, and he is, in some sort, typical of the nation. The testimony of Thucydides to Themistocles ([Greek: kratistos de oytos aytoschediazein ta deonta egeneto]) might with equal ...

— Cambridge Essays on Education • Various

... whatever else you will. And if I am asked to explain myself, I would humbly say,—(always submitting my own statements in such a matter to the judgment of the Bishops and Doctors of the Church of England,)—that we receive the Bible on the authority of the Church. The Church teaches us by the concurrent voices of many Fathers, Doctors, Saints, how to interpret the Bible; and convinces us that the three Creeds which she delivers to us as her own independent tradition, may be proved thereby; being in entire conformity with Holy Scripture, though not originally deduced ...

— Inspiration and Interpretation - Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford • John Burgon

... law there are many and important exceptions. The concurrent testimony of explorers seems to be that savage races possess, in the great majority of cases, the ability to count at least as high as 10. This limit is often extended to 20, and not infrequently to 100. Again, we find 1000 as the limit; or perhaps 10,000; and sometimes the ...

— The Number Concept - Its Origin and Development • Levi Leonard Conant

... Gryll was very panegyrical of this young man's behaviour, and the doctor, when he recognised him, shook him heartily by the hand, and told him he felt sure that he was a lad who would make his way: a remark which Harry received as a good omen: for Dorothy heard it, and looked at him with a concurrent, though silent, approbation. ...

— Gryll Grange • Thomas Love Peacock

... execution of the details in loyal hands; if rejected "it would plant seeds of disaffection in the South and dispel all delusions about peace that prevail in the North." He demanded the proposal should be made at once, as Mr. Lincon's "spontaneous act." Mr. Raymond seemed to express the concurrent views of his Republican associates.( 8) Three days later he and his committee reached Washington to personally urge prompt action on the President. In the light of recent attempts at Niagara and Richmond the Raymond proposition was inadmissible, yet Mr. Lincoln resolved, ...

— Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 • Joseph Warren Keifer

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