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English

Concurrent testing of building models [1].

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con (“with”) + currō (“run”)

Adjective

concurrent (comparative more concurrent, superlative most concurrent)

1. 
   Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
   
   • Tyndall
     

     changes […] concurrent with the visual changes in the eye

     
     
   
   

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

   
   


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.
   
   
   
   • Sir J. Davies
     

     I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.

     
     
   
   
   • Bishop Warburton
     

     the concurrent testimony of antiquity

     
     
   
   
   
   


4. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
   

   the concurrent jurisdiction of courts

   
   


5. 
   (geometry) Meeting in one point.


6. Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.


7. 
   (computing) Involving more than one thread of computation.

Coordinate terms

• 
  leading, lagging
  

Derived terms

• concurrent indicator


• concurrently

Translations

Noun

concurrent (plural concurrents)

1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
   
   • Dr. H. More
     

     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.
   
   • Holland
     

     Menander […] had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him.

     
     
   
   


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.

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

concurrent

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Etymology

From Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con (“with”) + currō (“run”).

Adjective

concurrent (feminine singular concurrente, masculine plural concurrents, feminine plural concurrentes)

1. 
   concurrent, simultaneous
   


2. 
   competitive, in competition
   

Noun

concurrent m (plural concurrents, feminine concurrente)

1. 
   competitor (person against whom one is competing)

Related terms

• concurrence


• concours


• concurrentiel

Further reading

• “concurrent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

concurrent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of concurrō