CONCURRENT
concurrent
Noun
- One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
- One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
- 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.
Adjective
- Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
- Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
- Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect.
- Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
- the concurrent jurisdiction of courts
- Meeting in one point.
- Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
- Involving more than one thread of computation.
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