different between commensurate vs concurrent

English

Etymology

From Latin com- (“together, with”) + m?ns?r?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??m?n????t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??m?ns???t/, /k??m?n????t/

Adjective

commensurate (comparative more commensurate, superlative most commensurate)

1. Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
   • 1962, Senator Mike Mansfield, "Report to the President on Southeast Asia-Vietnam"

     If it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi-permanent position of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be prepared to continue to pay the present cost in Vietnam indefinitely and to meet any escalation on the other side with at least a commensurate escalation of commitment of our own.
2. (physics) Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position

Antonyms

• incommensurate
• discommensurate

Translations

Verb

commensurate (third-person singular simple present commensurates, present participle commensurating, simple past and past participle commensurated)

1. To reduce to a common measure.
2. To proportionate; to adjust.
   • 1679, Timothy Puller, The moderation of the Church of England considered as useful for allaying the present distempers which the indisposition of the time hath contracted

     The rare temper and proportion, which the Church of England useth in commensurating the Forms of Absolution to the degrees of preparation and necessity, is to be observed

Further reading

• “commensurate” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• commensurate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• commensurate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• commensurate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

commensurate

1. second-person plural present indicative of commensurare
2. second-person plural imperative of commensurare
3. feminine plural of commensurato

English

Etymology

From Middle English concurrent, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurr?ns, present active participle of concurr? (“happen at the same time”), from con- (“with”) + curr? (“run”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /k???k???nt/, /k???k???nt/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /k???k???nt/

Adjective

concurrent (comparative more concurrent, superlative most concurrent)

1. Happening at the same time; simultaneous.

   • concurrent echo

   • 1865, John Tyndall, On Radiation, in Fragments of Science for Unscientific People, page 171-2

     Such are the changes which science recognizes in the wire itself, as concurrent with the visual changes taking place in the eye.

2. Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
3. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
   • 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued

     I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.

   • 1738-1741, William Warburton, Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist

     the concurrent testimony of antiquity

4. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.

   the concurrent jurisdiction of courts

5. (geometry) Meeting in one point.
6. Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
7. (computing, of code) Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.

   Antonym: sequential

Coordinate terms

• leading, lagging

Derived terms

• concurrent indicator
• concurrently

Translations

Noun

concurrent (plural concurrents)

1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
   • 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

     To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents […] time, industry, and faculties.

2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.

   • Menander […] had no concurrent in his time that came neere vnto him

3. One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
4. One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concurrent. The noun derives from French concurrent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.ky?r?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?cur?rent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

concurrent m (plural concurrenten, diminutive concurrentje n, feminine concurrente)

1. A competitor, an economic rival.
2. (obsolete) A creditor without special priority.

Derived terms

• concullega

Related terms

• concurrentie

Adjective

concurrent (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) concurrent, corresponding [16th - late 18th c.]

Inflection

French

Etymology

From Latin concurr?ns, present active participle of concurr? (“happen at the same time”), from con- (“with”) + curr? (“run”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

concurrent (feminine singular concurrente, masculine plural concurrents, feminine plural concurrentes)

1. concurrent, simultaneous
2. competitive, in competition

Noun

concurrent m (plural concurrents, feminine concurrente)

1. competitor (person against whom one is competing)

Related terms

• concurrence
• concours
• concurrentiel

Further reading

• “concurrent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

concurrent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of concurr?