concurrent

concurrent
con•cur•rent
[[t]kənˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr-[/t]] adj.
1) occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side:
serving two concurrent prison sentences[/ex]
2) acting in conjunction; cooperating:
the concurrent efforts of medical researchers[/ex]
3) having equal authority or jurisdiction:
concurrent courts of law[/ex]
4) accordant or agreeing
5) math. intersecting or tending to intersect at the same point:
four concurrent lines[/ex]
6) a concurrent action, process, effort, etc
Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < L concurrent-, s. of concurrēns, prp. of concurrere to run together; see concur con•cur′rent•ly, adv.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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