concurrent

Happening or operating at the same time.

• There are two concurrent meetings today.
• The system supports a thousand concurrent users.
• His prison sentences are concurrent, so he serves them together.

How to use it: concurrent with something (The training sessions are concurrent with the main conference.)

Similar words: simultaneous

Opposites: sequential

Common phrases: concurrent users, concurrent sessions, concurrent sentences, concurrent events

Having equal legal power over the same matters or people.

• The two courts have concurrent jurisdiction.
• State and federal governments exercise concurrent powers in this area.
• The law gives both agencies concurrent authority over these cases.

Similar words: shared, joint

Opposites: exclusive

Common phrases: concurrent jurisdiction, concurrent powers, concurrent authority

Belonging to the same period of history.

• The exhibition explores concurrent artistic movements.
• These concurrent writers worked in different countries.
• The book compares concurrent developments in science and literature.

Similar words: contemporary, contemporaneous

Common phrases: concurrent movements, concurrent developments, concurrent writers

Agreeing with one another in what they say or mean.

• The witnesses gave concurrent accounts.
• Their concurrent opinions supported the proposed change.
• Concurrent testimony from three neighbours confirmed his account.

Similar words: agreeing, consistent, concordant

Opposites: conflicting, contradictory

Common phrases: concurrent accounts, concurrent testimony, concurrent opinions

Running or moving alongside one another in the same direction.

• The streams follow concurrent courses.
• The diagram shows two concurrent flows moving in the same direction.
• These concurrent paths run alongside one another through the valley.

Similar words: parallel

Common phrases: concurrent courses, concurrent streams, concurrent paths