¹concomitant

adjective con·com·i·tant \kən-ˈkä-mə-tənt, kän-\

: happening at the same time as something else

Full Definition of CONCOMITANT

: accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way

— con·com·i·tant·ly adverb

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Examples of CONCOMITANT

… Christopher Walken delivers his customary edge without any of his clichéd, concomitant weirdness. —Stephen Whitty, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Feb. 1999
The Lincoln and Johnson plans for settling the problems of peace and freedom never seriously touched on the concomitant problem of equality. —John Hope Franklin, “The Two Worlds of Race,” 1965, in Race and History, 1989
But it was observed that this pill would be peculiarly bitter to the Southern States, and that some concomitant measure should be adopted to sweeten it a little to them. —Thomas Jefferson, 4 Feb. 1818, in Thomas Jefferson: Writings1984
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Origin of CONCOMITANT

Latin concomitant-, concomitans, present participle of concomitari to accompany, from com- + comitari to accompany, from comit-, comes companion — more at count

First Known Use: 1607

Related to CONCOMITANT

Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, attending, coexistent, coexisting, coincidental, coincident, concurrent

²concomitant

noun con·com·i·tant \kən-ˈkä-mə-tənt, kän-\

: something that happens at the same time as something else : a condition that is associated with some other condition

Full Definition of CONCOMITANT

: something that accompanies or is collaterally connected with something else : accompaniment

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Examples of CONCOMITANT

… there is a demand for schools, professional services, and such other concomitants of a full society as courthouses and jails. —Anthony Bailey, New Yorker, 25 May 1987
In the local bickering which was a concomitant of the grand campaigns of the wars, there may have been considerable fighting around fortifications, even if on a relatively small and brief scale. —Anthony Goodman, The War of the Roses, (1981) 1996
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