concomitant
UK /kənˈkɒmɪtənt/ · US /kənˈkɑmətənt/ adjective, noun
Forms concomitants
- adjective Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
- adjective (grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring simultaneously to the primary action of the statement.
- noun Something happening or existing at the same time.
- noun (algebra) An invariant homogeneous polynomial in the coefficients of a form, a covariant variable, and a contravariant variable.
Synonyms
accompanying adjoining attendant incidental accompaniment co-occurrence divariant consequent ensuant resultant sequent
Etymology
First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“to accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“to accompany”), from comes (“companion”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Accompanying; conjoined; attending.
- noun One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.
Etymology [F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “concomitant”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details