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concomitant

[kon-kom-i-tuhnt, kuhn-]

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adjective

existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances.

noun

a concomitant quality, circumstance, or thing.

Origin of concomitant

1595–1605; < Latin concomitant- (stem of concomitāns, present participle of concomitārī), equivalent to con- con- + comit- (stem of comes) comes + -ant- -ant

Related formscon·com·i·tant·ly, adverb

Synonyms for concomitant

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1. associated.

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Related Words for concomitant

collateral, coeval, belonging, joint, fellow, complementary, incident, contemporary, satellite, attending, corollary, coordinate, attendant, accessory, coefficient, adjuvant, agreeing, ancillary, coincident, coincidental

Examples from the Web for concomitant

Historical Examples of concomitant

I have found that cold, negative heat, is a concomitant of cold light.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930
Various
There were other concomitant symptoms that we will not stop to enumerate.
Doctor Jones' Picnic
S. E. Chapman
This might be called a law of association by concomitant variations.
Essay on the Creative Imagination
Th. Ribot
The disposition can only manifest itself to us by concomitant movements.
The Aesthetical Essays
Friedrich Schiller
Or all these things together may have tended to a concomitant effect.
The Ivory Child
H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for concomitant

concomitant

adjective

existing or occurring together; associative

noun

a concomitant act, person, etc

Derived Formsconcomitantly, adverb

Word Origin for concomitant

C17: from Late Latin concomitārī to accompany, from com- with + comes companion, fellow

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Word Origin and History for concomitant

adj.

c.1600, from French concomitant, from Late Latin concomitantem (nominative concomitans), present participle of concomitari "accompany, attend," from com- "with, together" (see com-) + comitari "join as a companion," from comes (genitive comitis) "companion" (see count (n.)).

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