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con·cur·rent

(kən-kûr′ənt, -kŭr′-)

adj.

1. Happening, existing, or done at the same time as something else: dealing with concurrent crises. See Synonyms at contemporary.

2. Meeting or tending to meet at the same point; convergent: concurrent lines.

3. Being in accordance; harmonious: Are these decisions concurrent with university policy?

[Middle English, from Latin concurrēns, concurrent-, present participle of concurrere, to coincide; see concur.]

con·cur′rent n.

con·cur′rent·ly adv.

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concurrent

(kənˈkʌrənt)

adj

1. taking place at the same time or in the same location

2. cooperating

3. (Mathematics) meeting at, approaching, or having a common point: concurrent lines.

4. (Law) having equal authority or jurisdiction

5. in accordance or agreement; harmonious

something joint or contributory; a concurrent circumstance or cause

conˈcurrently adv

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con•cur•rent

(kənˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr-)

adj.

1. occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: serving two concurrent prison sentences.

2. acting in conjunction; cooperating: the concurrent efforts of medical researchers.

3. having equal authority or jurisdiction: concurrent courts of law.

4. accordant or agreeing.

5. intersecting or tending to intersect at the same point: four concurrent lines.

6. a concurrent action, process, effort, etc.

[1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin concurrent-, s. of concurrēns, present participle of concurrere to run together; see concur]

con•cur′rent•ly, adv.

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Adj.

concurrent - occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events"

coincident, coincidental, coinciding, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous

synchronal, synchronic, synchronous - occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations"

concurrent

adjective simultaneous, coexisting, concomitant, contemporaneous, coincident, synchronous, concerted He will actually be serving three concurrent sentences.

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concurrent

adjective

1. Belonging to the same period of time as another:

coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, contemporaneous, contemporary, synchronic, synchronous.

2. Occurring or existing with:

accompanying, attendant, attending, coincident, concomitant.

Translations

مُتَزامِن، مُتَوافِق

souběžnýshodný

samtidigsideløbende

gleichzeitig simultan übereinstimmend

rinnakkainensamanaikainen

simultané

egybehangzó

sem gerist samhliîa/samtímis

coincidente concorrente

samstemmig

aynı zamanda meydana gelen

同意的同时发生的

concurrent

[kənˈkʌrənt]

A. ADJ → concurrente
concurrent with → concurrente con

B. CPD concurrent processing N → procesamiento m concurrente

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concurrent

[kənˈkʌrənt] adj (= simultaneous) → simultané(e)
concurrent with sth → parallèlement à qch
to serve concurrent sentences (LAW) → purger des peines confondues

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concurrent

adj

(= occurring at the same time) → gleichzeitig; to be concurrent with something → mit etw zusammentreffen, zur gleichen Zeit wie etw stattfinden

(= acting together) → vereint, gemeinsam

(= in agreement) → übereinstimmend; interpretation, statement also → gleichlautend; to be concurrent with something → mit etw übereinstimmen

(Math) → zusammenlaufend; (= intersecting) → sich schneidend

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concurrent

[kənˈkʌr/ənt] adj → simultaneo/a
to be concurrent with → coincidere con

concur

(kənˈkəː) – past tense past participle conˈcurred – verb

to agree; to come together, or coincide.

conˈcurrence (-ˈka-) , ((American) -ˈkə:-) noun

concurrent (kənˈkarənt) , ((American) -ˈkə:-) adjective

conˈcurrently adverb

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The preceding train of observation will justify the position which has been elsewhere laid down, that "A CONCURRENT JURISDICTION in the article of taxation was the only admissible substitute for an entire subordination, in respect to this branch of power, of State authority to that of the Union." Any separation of the objects of revenue that could have been fallen upon, would have amounted to a sacrifice of the great INTERESTS of the Union to the POWER of the individual States.

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The credit of the former is by common notoriety supported for a long time; and public records, with the concurrent testimony of many authors, bear evidence to their truth in future ages.

As we have no public notoriety, no concurrent testimony, no records to support and corroborate what we deliver, it becomes us to keep within the limits not only of possibility, but of probability too; and this more especially in painting what is greatly good and amiable.

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Pursuing the light so fortunately hit upon, and finding the concurrent testimony of the whole of Mrs General's acquaintance to be of the pathetic nature already recorded, Mr Dorrit took the trouble of going down to the county of the county-widower to see Mrs General, in whom he found a lady of a quality superior to his highest expectations.

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The right of coining money, which is here taken from the States, was left in their hands by the Confederation, as a concurrent right with that of Congress, under an exception in favor of the exclusive right of Congress to regulate the alloy and value.

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Henri can hardly be considered as a concurrent with the other pupils?

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All that we have a right to expect, is that those groups, which have within known geological periods undergone much modification, should in the older formations make some slight approach to each other; so that the older members should differ less from each other in some of their characters than do the existing members of the same groups; and this by the concurrent evidence of our best palaeontologists seems frequently to be the case.

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From the concurrent, but quite independent evidence of the boy taken by Mr.

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The houses on either side were high and large, but very old, and tenanted by people of the poorest class: as their neglected appearance would have sufficiently dentoed, without the concurrent testimony afforded by the squalid looks of the few men and women who, with folded arms and bodies half doubled, occasionally skulked along.

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Concurrent with the closure of the public offering, the company will sell in a private placement to iStar Inc (NYSE:STAR), some common stock shares that equal 66.7% of the total number of shares sold in the offering and the concurrent private placement (together with any shares sold under the underwriters' option) and up to a maximum of USD200m shares, at the public offering price.

Safehold begins public offering of 3,000,000 common stock shares and announces concurrent private placement of up to USD200m shares maximum

According to the notification, Dr GC Prakash (IAS) is posted with immediate effect as Commissioner, Labour department relieving BS Shekarappa, IAS in concurrent charge.