concurrent

simultáneo, concurrente

Que ocurre o funciona al mismo tiempo que otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: Happening or operating at the same time.

• There are two concurrent meetings today.
• The system supports a thousand concurrent users.
• His prison sentences are concurrent, so he serves them together.

Cómo se usa: concurrent with something (The training sessions are concurrent with the main conference.)

Sinónimos: simultaneous

Antónimos: sequential

Expresiones frecuentes: concurrent users, concurrent sessions, concurrent sentences, concurrent events

concurrente, compartido

Con igual autoridad legal sobre los mismos asuntos o personas.

En inglés sencillo: Having equal legal power over the same matters or people.

• The two courts have concurrent jurisdiction.
• State and federal governments exercise concurrent powers in this area.
• The law gives both agencies concurrent authority over these cases.

Sinónimos: shared, joint

Antónimos: exclusive

Expresiones frecuentes: concurrent jurisdiction, concurrent powers, concurrent authority

contemporáneo, coetáneo

Que pertenece al mismo período histórico que otro.

En inglés sencillo: Belonging to the same period of history.

• The exhibition explores concurrent artistic movements.
• These concurrent writers worked in different countries.
• The book compares concurrent developments in science and literature.

Sinónimos: contemporary, contemporaneous

Expresiones frecuentes: concurrent movements, concurrent developments, concurrent writers

concordante, coincidente

Que coincide con otros en lo que expresa o quiere decir.

En inglés sencillo: Agreeing with one another in what they say or mean.

• The witnesses gave concurrent accounts.
• Their concurrent opinions supported the proposed change.
• Concurrent testimony from three neighbours confirmed his account.

Sinónimos: agreeing, consistent, concordant

Antónimos: conflicting, contradictory

Expresiones frecuentes: concurrent accounts, concurrent testimony, concurrent opinions

paralelo

Que se extiende o avanza junto a otro en la misma dirección.

En inglés sencillo: Running or moving alongside one another in the same direction.

• The streams follow concurrent courses.
• The diagram shows two concurrent flows moving in the same direction.
• These concurrent paths run alongside one another through the valley.

Sinónimos: parallel

Expresiones frecuentes: concurrent courses, concurrent streams, concurrent paths