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con•cur•rent

Pronunciation: (kun-kûr'unt, -kur'-), [key]
—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. tending to or intersecting at the same point: four concurrent lines.

—n.
1. something joint or contributory.
2. Archaic.a rival or competitor.

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