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concurrent
- /kəŋˈkʌɹənt/ UK
- /kɒŋˈkʌɹənt/ UK
- /kəŋˈkʌɹənt/ Canada, US
- /kəŋˈkɝɹənt/ Canada, US
- /kəŋˈkɐɹənt/ Australia, New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Middle English concurrent, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con- (“with”) + currō (“run”).
adjective more concurrent · most concurrent
- Happening at the same time; simultaneous. concurrent echo
- Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
- Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect. I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
- 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.
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Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.
Informally, a concurrent program is one that does more than one thing at a time. […] However, this simultaneity is sometimes an illusion.
Opposite: sequential
noun concurrents
- 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.
- One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent. Menander […] had no concurrent in his time that came neere vnto him
- 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.
- One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: simultaneous, coincident, synchronous, coinciding, synchronic, coincidental, synchronal, cooccurring, simultaneously, coterminous, contemporaneous, concurrency, concomitant, interrelated, corresponding, matching
Translations
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adj involving more than one thread of computation
| Português | concorrente, paralelo |
|---|---|
| Français | parallèle |
| Deutsch | parallel |
| Русский | паралле́льный parallélʹnyj |
adj happening at the same time; simultaneous
| Español | simultáneo, concurrente |
|---|---|
| Português | concomitante, simultâneo |
| Français | concomitant, simultané |
| Deutsch | gleichzeitig |
| Italiano | concomitante, concorrente, simultaneo |
| Русский | одновреме́нный odnovreménnyj, паралле́льный parallélʹnyj |
| עברית | מַקְבִּיל makbíl |
adj belonging to the same period; contemporary
| Español | contemporáneo |
|---|---|
| Português | corrente, contemporâneo |
| Français | contemporain |
| Deutsch | zeitgenössisch |
| Italiano | coetaneo, contemporaneo |
| Русский | совреме́нный sovreménnyj, совпада́ющий sovpadájuščij |
| עברית | מַקְבִּיל makbíl |
Talk about this word "concurrent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/concurrent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. concurrent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/concurrent "concurrent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/concurrent.Cite this
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