concurrent

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kənˈkɝənt/ UK /kənˈkʌrənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
existing or happening at the same time

He served two concurrent sentences for the related crimes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · existing or happening at... simultaneous coincident concomitant contemporaneous synchronouscoexisting

Opposites

consecutive sequential successive

Word family

Derived forms concurrently concurrency

Related forms concur concurrence concurrency

Etymology

From Latin concurrens, present participle of concurrere ('to run together, happen at the same time'), from com- ('together') + currere ('to run').

concurrere Latin currere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# concurrent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kənˈkɝənt/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈkʌrənt/

## Meanings
1. existing or happening at the same time

## Examples
- He served two concurrent sentences for the related crimes.

## Synonyms
- simultaneous
- coincident
- concomitant
- contemporaneous
- synchronous
- coexisting

## Antonyms
- consecutive
- sequential
- successive

## Derived Forms
- concurrently
- concurrency

## Related Forms
- concur
- concurrence
- concurrency

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: concurrere
- Root: currere

## Etymology
From Latin concurrens, present participle of concurrere ('to run together, happen at the same time'), from com- ('together') + currere ('to run').

## AI Etymology
Concurrent comes from Latin concurrens, present participle of concurrere ('to run together, happen at the same time'), from com- ('together') + currere ('to run'). The historical trail runs through concurrere in Latin and currere in Latin. Morphologically, concurrent is transparent: it draws on Latin concurrens, present participle of concurrere ('to run together, happen at the same time'), from com- ('together') + currere ('to run'). Used as an adjective, concurrent now means "existing or happening at the same time", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as concurrently and concurrency and related forms such as concur, concurrence, and concurrency. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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