Concomitant Meaning
/kənˈkɒmɪtənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAccompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
adjOf or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring simultaneously to the primary action of the statement.
Sentence Examples
An increased vaccination rate for children resulted in a concomitant decrease in communicable diseases.
After that realisation, she swore off Facebook and all of its concomitant humbug.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A rise in temperature is ____ with increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
High economic inflation is often a nasty ____ effect of rapid financial growth.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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, […]"
— 1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding:
"It is a difficulty to know what view one should adopt; she may drag on for two whole years; in that time her good fortune, with all its concomitant advantages, would be insured to her connexions, after which her death would be the most interesting thing possible, and make an astounding impression."
— 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 5–6:
"The visitors saw the measures taken immediately before, during, and after an "air raid", which included a gas and high-explosive bomb attack. The concomitant noise "effects" sounded grimly realistic."
— 1939 June, “What the Railways are Doing: London Transport Air Raid Precautions”, in Railway Magazine, page 462:
"The new technology on which super-industrialism is based, much of it blue-printed in American research laboratories, brings with it an inevitable acceleration of change in society and a concomitant speed-up of the pace of individual life as well."
— 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock: Bantam Books, page 41:
"With technological improvement, therefore, it will become possible, in a succession of steady states, to have a larger and larger amount of capital equipment available to each representative worker in the economy, with a concomitant rise in productivity."
— 2005, Alpha Chiang, Kevin Wainwright, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill International, page 501:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A rise in temperature is ____ with increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
High economic inflation is often a nasty ____ effect of rapid financial growth.