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Concurrent testing of building models [1].


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)


concurrent (comparative more concurrent, superlative most concurrent)

  1. Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
    • Tyndall
      changes [] concurrent with the visual changes in the eye
  2. Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
  3. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of 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.

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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.



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

  1. concurrent, simultaneous
  2. competitive, in competition


concurrent m (plural concurrents, feminine concurrente)

  1. competitor (person against whom one is competing)

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  1. third-person plural future active indicative of concurrō