concurrently

Language: en

🇺🇸 /kəˈnkɜrəntliː/

📖 Definitions

  1. adverb
    At the same time; simultaneously; in a manner that overlaps in time.; In a manner that is consistent or in agreement with something else; in conformity.; In computing, in a way that allows multiple tasks or processes to be executed in overlapping time periods, not necessarily simultaneously but managed so as to appear so.; In law, in a manner where multiple sentences or terms are served at the same time rather than one after another.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

run concurrentlyserve concurrentlyoperate concurrentlyexist concurrentlyact concurrently

Derivatives

concurrentconcurconcurrenceconcurrencyconcurring

Synonyms

simultaneouslyin parallelat the same timetogethersynchronously

Antonyms

sequentiallyconsecutivelysuccessively

Commonly confused

simultaneously
EN: 'Simultaneously' emphasizes exact same moment; 'concurrently' emphasizes overlapping duration and is more common in legal/technical contexts.
consecutively
EN: 'Consecutively' means one after another in sequence, the opposite of 'concurrently' which means at the same time.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the double 'r' in 'concurrently' (from 'concur' + '-rent' + '-ly'). Do not write 'concurrently' with a single 'r'.

💬 Examples

  1. The two events were running concurrently, so attendees had to choose which one to attend.

  2. The findings of the two studies were concurrently supporting the same hypothesis.

  3. The server handles hundreds of requests concurrently by using a thread pool.

  4. The judge ordered that the two prison sentences be served concurrently.