concomitant

CEFRC1

/kənˈkɒmɪtənt/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Happening together with something else.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring simultaneously to the primary action of the statement.

Examples

  • After that realisation, she swore off Facebook and all of its concomitant humbug.

  • An increased vaccination rate for children resulted in a concomitant decrease in communicable diseases.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Something happening or existing at the same time.

  2. Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An invariant homogeneous polynomial in the coefficients of a form, a covariant variable, and a contravariant variable.

More examples

In context

  • It has therefore pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, and to the ideas which we receive from them, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure, […]

  • A major concomitant of the advent of diesel traction has been a vast increase in the amount of electrical equipment needing overhaul.

  • The declining commitment to place is thus related not to mobility per se, but to a concomitant of mobility- the shorter duration of place relationships.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“to accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“to accompany”), from comes (“companion”).