concomitant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kənˈkɔmətənt/ (Australia)
- [kənˈkɔ̟mətənt] (New-Zealand)
- /kənˈkɒmətənt/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
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- /kənˈkɒmətənt/ (New-Zealand)
- /kənˈkɒmɪtənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kənˈkɑmətənt/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
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: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: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 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: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:
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring simultaneously to the primary action of the statement.
Synonyms
incidental · adjoining · accompanying · attendant
Translations (20)
fr concomitant (following as a consequence) · fi johtuva (following as a consequence) · sk sprievodný (following as a consequence) · it concomitante (following as a consequence) · cmn 併發的 /并发的 (following as a consequence) · bg съпътстващ (following as a consequence) · de konkomitant (following as a consequence) · ko 수반(隨伴)되는 (following as a consequence) · ca concomitant (following as a consequence) · cs doprovodný (following as a consequence) · pl współistniejący (following as a consequence) · ru сопу́тствующий (following as a consequence) · hi सहवर्ती (following as a consequence) · hi आनुषंगिक (following as a consequence) · hi सहगामी (following as a consequence) · el συνακόλουθος (following as a consequence) · de damit einhergehend (following as a consequence) · pt concomitante (following as a consequence) · fi seuraava (following as a consequence) · es concomitante (following as a consequence)