Definition of concomitant
: accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
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Examples of concomitant in a Sentence
… Christopher Walken delivers his customary edge without any of his clichéd, concomitant weirdness. —Stephen Whitty, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Feb. 1999
The Lincoln and Johnson plans for settling the problems of peace and freedom never seriously touched on the concomitant problem of equality. —John Hope Franklin, “The Two Worlds of Race,” 1965, in Race and History, 1989
But it was observed that this pill would be peculiarly bitter to the Southern States, and that some concomitant measure should be adopted to sweeten it a little to them. —Thomas Jefferson, 4 Feb. 1818, in Thomas Jefferson: Writings1984
The drug's risks increase with the concomitant use of alcohol.
an improvement in the facilities led to a concomitant improvement in morale
Did You Know?
Concomitant was introduced into English at a time when many people were criticizing the use of Latinate forms in favor of more "native" words from Old English. As a descendant of Latin concomitari ("to accompany") and ultimately of "comes," the Latin word for companion, "concomitant" may well have been initially derided as an ostentatious inkhorn term. Indeed, two associated words, the verb concomitate, meaning "to accompany," and another adjective, concomitaneous, meaning "of a concomitant nature," didn't survive to accompany "concomitant" into the 18th century.
Origin and Etymology of concomitant
Latin concomitant-, concomitans, present participle of concomitari to accompany, from com- + comitari to accompany, from comit-, comes companion — more at count
First Known Use: 1607
Definition of concomitant
: something that accompanies or is collaterally connected with something else : accompaniment
Examples of concomitant in a Sentence
… there is a demand for schools, professional services, and such other concomitants of a full society as courthouses and jails. —Anthony Bailey, New Yorker, 25 May 1987
In the local bickering which was a concomitant of the grand campaigns of the wars, there may have been considerable fighting around fortifications, even if on a relatively small and brief scale. —Anthony Goodman, The War of the Roses, (1981) 1996
hunger, a lack of education, and other concomitants of poverty
disease is all too often one of the concomitants of poverty
Origin and Etymology of concomitant
see 1concomitant
First Known Use: 1621
CONCOMITANT Defined for English Language Learners
concomitant
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: happening at the same time as something else
concomitant
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: something that happens at the same time as something else : a condition that is associated with some other condition
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