concurrency

con·cur·ren·cy

noun \-ən(t)-sē, -rən(t)-sē\

Definition of CONCURRENCY

: concurrence

Examples of CONCURRENCY

1. <the concurrency of several life-threatening emergencies made for a busy night at the trauma center>
2. <there is general concurrency that the rule concerning the writing of thank-you notes still pertains>

First Known Use of CONCURRENCY

1597

Related to CONCURRENCY

Synonyms: coexistence, coincidence, concurrence

Antonyms: conflict, disagreement, dissensus

Related Words: development, happening, occurrence; coevality, contemporaneousness, simultaneousness, synchronism, synchrony

Near Antonyms: asynchrony (or asynchronism)

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