concurrent

English

Concurrent testing of building models [1].

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con (“with”) + currō (“run”)

Adjective

concurrent (comparative more concurrent, superlative most concurrent)

1. Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
2. Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
3. Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
4. (computing) Involving more than one thread of computation.

Coordinate terms

• leading, lagging

Derived terms

• concurrent indicator
• concurrently

Translations

happening at the same time; simultaneous

Bulgarian: едновременен (bg) Czech: souběžný (cs) m.

Dutch: simultaan (nl) Finnish: samanaikainen (fi) French: concomitant (fr)

belonging to the same period; contemporary

Bulgarian: съвпадащ (bg)

involving more than one thread of computation

Finnish: rinnakkainen (fi)

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Portuguese: concorrente, paralelo

Spanish: concurrente, paralelo

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French

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Etymology

From Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con (“with”) + currō (“run”).

Adjective

concurrent m. (f. concurrente, m. plural concurrents, f. plural concurrentes)

1. concurrent, simultaneous
2. competitive, in competition

Noun

concurrent m. (plural concurrents; feminine concurrente, plural concurrentes)

1. competitor (person against whom one is competing)

Related terms

• concurrence
• concours
• concurrentiel

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Latin

Verb

concurrent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of concurrō