Concurrent — Defs

01 a. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating.

1.
Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating.
“I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.” — Sir J. Davies.

“The concurrent testimony of antiquity.” — Bp. Warburton.
2.
Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.
“There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return.” — Bacon.

“Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye.” — Tyndall.
3.
Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.
4.
Meeting in one point.(Geom.)

02 n. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

1.
One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
“To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties.” — Dr. H. More.
2.
One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
“Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him.” — Holland.
3.
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.(Chron.)