concurrently

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adverb

In a concurrent manner; at the same time.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

adverbconcurrently (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a concurrent manner; at the same time.

    Concurrently with the St. Pancras-Bedford service, diesel trains have now taken over that between Kentish Town and Barking, on an even-interval basis at half-hourly intervals.

    1960 February, “The dieselised St. Pancras suburban service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95
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    For the next four years Mr. Johnson continued building 2-4-0 express passenger engines, thus continuing the Kirtley practice, but from 1882 onwards he built all his express engines with the 4-4-0 or the 4-2-2 wheel arrangement, the two types being put in service concurrently between the years of 1887 and 1900.

    1934 February, H. C. Casserley, “A Veteran Midland Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 86

    In many instances, the military was quite unable to distinguish right away between the Red Guard and Revolutionary organizations led by Maoist activists and those organized by Party officials whom Mao wished to topple, since both sides claimed to be dedicated to Mao’s policy. Furthermore, many military commanders were concurrently local administrators such as those in Tibet and Hsinchiang.

    1986, Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai, published 1995, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 160

Synonyms & antonyms

adverboverlapping in duration

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan concurrentment
  • concurrentmentin a concurrent manner; at the same time
Finnish samanaikaisesti, samaan aikaan
  • samanaikaisestiin a concurrent manner; at the same time
  • samaan aikaanin a concurrent manner; at the same time
German gleichzeitig, zeitgleich
  • gleichzeitigin a concurrent manner; at the same time
  • zeitgleichin a concurrent manner; at the same time
  • zugleichin a concurrent manner; at the same time
Hungarian egyidejűleg, egy időben
  • egyidejűlegin a concurrent manner; at the same time
  • egy időbenin a concurrent manner; at the same time
Polish jednocześnie, równocześnie
  • jednocześniein a concurrent manner; at the same time
  • równocześniein a concurrent manner; at the same time
Portuguese simultaneamente
  • simultaneamentein a concurrent manner; at the same time
Spanish simultáneamente
  • simultáneamentein a concurrent manner; at the same time
Swedish samtidigt
  • samtidigtin a concurrent manner; at the same time
Cite this entry
APA

concurrently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concurrently

MLA

“concurrently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concurrently. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concurrently,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concurrently.

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