CONCURRENTLY

concurrently, at the same time

(adverb) overlapping in duration; “concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held”; “going to school and holding a job at the same time”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

concurrently (not comparable)

in a concurrent manner; at the same time

Synonyms

• See also simultaneously

Source: Wiktionary


Con*cur"rent*ly, adv.

Definition: With concurrence; unitedly.

CONCURRENT

Con*cur"rent, a. Etym: [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.]

1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect; coöperating. I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies. The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton.

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. Bacon. Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. Tyndall.

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

4. (Geom.)

Definition: Meeting in one point.

Syn.

– Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.

Con*cur"rent, 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. Dr. H. More.

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. Holland.

3. (Chron.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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