Word Definition

Concurrent

  1. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.
  2. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating.
  3. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
  4. 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.
  5. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
  6. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.
  7. Meeting in one point.