CONCURRENT. Running together; having the same authority; thus we say a concurrent consideration occurs in the case of mutual promises; such and such a court have concurrent jurisdiction; that is, each has the same jurisdiction.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, n.

1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause. [1913 Webster]

To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]

2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. [1913 Webster]

Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

3. (Chron.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, a. [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.]

1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating. [1913 Webster]

I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]

The concurrent testimony of antiquity. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]

2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. [1913 Webster]

There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]

3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts. [1913 Webster]

4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.

Syn: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

142 Moby Thesaurus words for "concurrent": accessory, accompanying, accordant, agreeing, aligned, analogous, approaching, associate, associated, asymptotic, at one, at one with, attendant, attending, carried by acclamation, centripetal, centrolineal, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate, coefficient, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coextending, coextensive, coincident, coinstantaneous, collaborative, collateral, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, combining, commensal, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, compact, comprehensive, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurring, confluent, confocal, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, connivent, conniving, consentaneous, consilient, conspiratorial, contemporaneous, contemporary, conterminous, converging, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, corporate, correlative, coterminous, coupled, coworking, ecumenic, equal, equidistant, equispaced, even, fellow, focal, harmonious, harmonized, in agreement, inclusive, isochronal, isochronous, joined, joint, like-minded, lined up, meeting, mutual, mutually approaching, noncompetitive, nonconvergent, nondivergent, of a piece, of one accord, of one mind, paired, parallel, parallelepipedal, parallelinervate, paralleling, parallelodrome, parallelogrammatic, parallelogrammic, parallelotropic, parasitic, radial, radiating, reciprocal, saprophytic, simultaneous, solid, symbiotic, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, tangent, tangential, twin, unanimous, unchallenged, uncompetitive, uncontested, uncontradicted, uncontroverted, unison, unisonous, united, uniting, unopposed, with one consent, with one voice

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

concurrent adj : occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental, coinciding, cooccurring, simultaneous]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, n.

1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. --Dr. H. More.

2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.

Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. --Holland.

3. (Chron.) 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Concurrent \Con*cur"rent\, a. [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.]

1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; co["o]perating.

I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. --Sir J. Davies.

The concurrent testimony of antiquity. --Bp. Warburton.

2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.

There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. --Bacon.

Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. --Tyndall.

3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.

4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point.

Syn: Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)