单词 | concurrently |
释义 | concurrently (once / 13477 pages) adv When two or more things happen at the same time, they occur concurrently. If the concerts you want to attend are happening concurrently, you have to choose one — unless you know how to be in two places at the same time. The adverb concurrently comes from the Latin word concurrere, meaning “to run together,” or “assemble hurriedly.” If you’re ever lucky enough to go to the Olympics, you’ll find that many events are scheduled concurrently, so you may not be able to see the Norway/Sweden curling match, the biathlon, freestyle skiing and the couples figure skating if they are all at the same time. That will be a tough choice. WORD FAMILYconcurrent: concurrency, concurrently+/concur: concuring, concurred, concurrence, concurrent, concurring, concurs/concurrence: concurrences/concurrency: concurrencies USAGE EXAMPLESThe defense is asking for the mandatory minimum of five years, to run concurrently with the military sentence. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Factors include whether multiple charges should be served consecutively or concurrently. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) Commissioners said, however, that research could be done concurrently with a phase-out. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) adv overlapping in duration concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held Syn at the same time |
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