concurrent

Meaning of concurrent

noun
  1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
  2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
  3. 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.
  4. One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.
adjective
  1. Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
  2. Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
  3. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
  4. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
    the concurrent jurisdiction of courts
  5. Meeting in one point.
  6. Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
  7. Involving more than one thread of computation.

Information about concurrent

Hyphenation of concurrent

con-cur-rent

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • concurrent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

concurrent synonyms

Meaning coincident:

coincident, coincidental, coinciding, cooccurring, simultaneous

Words that rhyme with concurrent

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