concurrently

UK: /kənˈkʌrəntli/

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con•cur•rent /kənˈkɜrənt, -ˈkʌr-/   adj. 

1. occurring or existing at the same time or at the same place:
   serving two concurrent prison sentences.
2. acting in conjunction;
   cooperating:
   the concurrent efforts of medical researchers.

con•cur•rent•ly, adv. See -cur-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

con•cur•rent  (kən kûr′ənt, -kur′-), adj. 

1. occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side:
   concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
2. acting in conjunction;
   cooperating:
   the concurrent efforts of several legislators to pass the new law.
3. having equal authority or jurisdiction:
   two concurrent courts of law.
4. accordant or agreeing:
   concurrent testimony by three witnesses.
5. Mathematics tending to or intersecting at the same point:
   four concurrent lines.

n. 

6. something joint or contributory.
7. [Archaic.] a rival or competitor.

• Latin concurrent- (stem of concurrēns, present participle of concurrere to run together; see concur); see con-, current
• Middle French)
• late Middle English (1375–1425

con•cur′rent•ly, adv.