concomitant
UK/kənˈkɒmɪtənt//kənˈkɑmətənt/
concomitant adjective: accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
Adjective
concomitant (not comparable)
- Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
- It has therefore pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, and to the ideas which we receive from them, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure, […]1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- It is a difficulty to know what view one should adopt; she may drag on for two whole years; in that time her good fortune, with all its concomitant advantages, would be insured to her connexions, after which her death would be the most interesting thing possible, and make an astounding impression.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 5–6
- Synonyms:
- accompanying, adjoining, attendant, incidental
- Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring simultaneously to the primary action of the statement.
Noun
concomitant (plural concomitants)
- Something happening or existing at the same time.
- The reflection, that but the next day was to transport her far from London, had, in chasing distrust, with its natural concomitants, restraint and reserve, given a sweet and placid composure to her demeanour.1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter X, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 121
- It is also instructive to consider the relation of these dreams to anxiety dreams. In the dreams we have been discussing, a repressed wish has found a means of evading censorship—and the distortion which censorship involves. The invariable concomitant is that painful feelings are experienced in the...1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, page 301
- Synonyms:
- accompaniment, co-occurrence
- An invariant homogeneous polynomial in the coefficients of a form, a covariant variable, and a contravariant variable.
concomitant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
concomitant in Hindi
- following as a consequence
- आनुषंगिक ānuṣaṅgik, सहगामी sahgāmī, सहवर्ती sahvartī
concomitant in Tamil
- உடனியங்குகின்ற, உடன் செல், உடன் நிகழ்
concomitant in Urdu
- ہم رو, متلازم
concomitant in Bengali
- সহগামী, আনুষঙ্গিক
More languagesFewer languages
- concomitant in Malayalam
- ആനുഷങ്ഗികം, ചേർന്നു സംഭവിക്കുന്ന, അനുബദ്ധ, പ്രസക്ത
- concomitant in Kannada
- ಒಡಹೋಗುವ, ಮೂಡಿಬರುವ, ಸಹಕಾಲಿಕ, ಏಕಕಾಲಿಕ
Examples of concomitant in a sentence
- The concomitant noise "effects" sounded grimly realistic.1939 June, “What the Railways are Doing: London Transport Air Raid Precautions”, in Railway Magazine, page 462:
- The invariable concomitant is that painful feelings are experienced in the dream.1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, page 301:
- A major concomitant of the advent of diesel traction has been a vast increase in the amount of electrical equipment needing overhaul.1963 May, “Metamorphosis at Swindon Works”, in Modern Railways, page 337:
- The declining commitment to place is thus related not to mobility per se, but to a concomitant of mobility- the shorter duration of place relationships.1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, page 93:
Synonyms of concomitant
Forms of concomitant
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Origin of concomitant
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”).
Questions about concomitant
- What does concomitant mean?
- Concomitant means accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
- What is concomitant in Hindi?
- Concomitant in Hindi is आनुषंगिक (ānuṣaṅgik), सहगामी (sahgāmī), सहवर्ती (sahvartī). See Concomitant meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use concomitant in a sentence?
- The concomitant noise "effects" sounded grimly realistic.
- What part of speech is concomitant?
- Concomitant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce concomitant?
- Concomitant is pronounced /kənˈkɒmɪtənt/ (UK).
Words near concomitant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: concomitant (page history and authors); concomitant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); concomitant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); concomitant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); concomitant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); concomitant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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