attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent, collateral
(adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence; “an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems”; “snags incidental to the changeover in management”; “attendant circumstances”; “the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness”; “the ensuant response to his appeal”; “the resultant savings were considerable”; “collateral target damage from a bombing run”
accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
(noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
concomitant (not comparable)
Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. [from early 17th c.]
Synonyms: accompanying, adjoining, attendant, incidental
concomitant (plural concomitants)
Something happening or existing at the same time.
Synonyms: accompaniment, co-occurrence
(algebra) An invariant homogeneous polynomial in the coefficients of a form, a covariant variable, and a contravariant variable.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*com"i*tant, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman.]
Definition: Accompanying; conjoined; attending. It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke.
Con*com"i*tant, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment. Reproach is a concomitant to greatness. Addison. The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
