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Definition: Concomitant |
ConcomitantAdjective1. Following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management". Noun1. An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "concomitant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Accompanying; accessory; joined with another. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ConcomitantSynonyms: accompanying (adj), attendant (adj), incidental (adj), incidental to(p) (adj), accompaniment (n), co-occurrence (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accompaniment | Concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner, co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute. |
Adjective: accompanying; Verb: concomitant, fellow, twin, joint; associated with, coupled with; accessory, attendant, obbligato. | |
Synchronism | Adjective: synchronous, synchronal, synchronic, synchronical, synchronistical; simultaneous, coexisting, coincident, concomitant, concurrent; coeval, coevous; contemporary, contemporaneous; coetaneous; coeternal; isochronous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Concomitant |
| English words defined with "concomitant": incident, incidental ♦ necessitate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "concomitant": Angina Pectoris, Variant ♦ Colitis, Ulcerative ♦ P-action, Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System, PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY, Procollagen-Lysine, 2-Oxoglutarate 5-Dioxygenase, Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase, proportional action ♦ Secosteroids, Self-Sustained Sequence Replication, Succinate-CoA Ligases ♦ Tick Control. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Concomitant" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (concomitant). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The role of concomitant chemotherapy for recurrent disease awaits definition. (references) | |
They also have a concomitant antidepressant effect that is frequently helpful. (references) | ||
A careful medical history is needed to determine the presence and severity of concomitant disease. (references) | ||
Business | This growth has been accompanied by a concomitant increase in local demand for mining equipment, likely to continue in the coming years, in spite of adverse world prices for mining commodities. (references) | |
Auto lease-purchase arrangements had showed particularly strong growth, concomitant with the 51.5% increase in domestic automobile sales in 1999. However, the slow down in capital investment by local manufacturers has led leasing companies to de-emphasize equipment/machinery leasing, despite the government's relaxation of tight leasing regulations. (references) | ||
Economic History | Indonesia | The exchange rate has also appreciated by nearly 25 percent since late 1998 (currently at around Rp. 9,200/US$1), leading to a concomitant decline in prices of imported food at the wholesale level. (references) |
Trinidad | International drug trafficking, with its concomitant corruption, could pose a threat to the investment climate, especially when money-laundering undercuts legitimate pricing policies, but the Government is very proactive in its efforts to combat both illegal narcotics and the influence of money laundering. (references) | |
Minorities | Panama | Mainstream political elites generally are unconcerned by the economic problems of black populations and a concomitant rise in drug use, crime, and gang violence. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Concomitant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.04% of the time. "Concomitant" is used about 203 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.04% | 197 | 21,803 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.96% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 203 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "concomitant": concomitant circumstances ♦ concomitant strabismus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
concomitant | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "concomitant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shoqërues (accompanist, accompanying, attendant, cicerone, companion, date, escort, follow up, following, guide, suitor, usher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съпътствуващ (incidental), едновременен (concurrent, contemporaneous, isochronal, simultaneous, synchronistic, synchronous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 伴随 (Accompanied, Accompany, Accompanying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prùvodní (accessory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | concomitans. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | concomiterend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیوسته (Against, Allied, Always, Away, Ceaseless, Contiguous, Continual, Cursive, Eternal, Forever, Incessant, Married, Proximate, Uninterrupted), ملازم (Adjunct, Attendant, Retainer, Valet), همراه (Along, Attendant, Comrade, Escort, Participant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valikoiva liukeneminen (selective corrosion is a frequent concomitant of rising temperature), valikoiva korroosio (selective corrosion is a frequent concomitant of rising temperature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | concomitant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | begleitend (attendant, attending, chaperoning, collateral, escorting, squiring), Begleitumstand. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνυπάρχον, συνακόλουθοσ, συνοδός (accompanying person, attendant, attendee, companion, convoy man, convoyer, guide, pilot), οπαδόσ (adherent, believer, disciple, follower, partisan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | velejáró (accompanying, attached, attendant, collateral, connotation, inherent), mellékkörülmények (collateral facts), kísérõ (accompanist, accompanying, attendant, chaperon, henchman, incident, wingman), kísérő (accompanying, escort, follower, gillie, haunting), jelenségek, együtt előforduló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | concomitante (attendant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 附随 (annexed to, attaching to, attending, incident to), 付随現象 (side effect), 付随 (annexed to, attaching to, attending, incident to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふずい'"しょう (side effect), ふずい (annexed to, attaching to, attending, incident to, palsy, paralysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 동반하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | co-cheimnagh (collateral, concurrent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oncomitantcay concomitante (appendant, attendant, collateral, concurrent). (various references) concomitent (accessary, accompanying, concurrent, instantaneous, simultaneous), însoţitor (accompanying, attendant, companion, conductor, consort, mate, porter, squire). (various references) сопутствующий (accompanying, apendant, appendant), сопровождающий (accompanying, annotative, attendant). (various references) prateći (accompanying, attendant). (various references) concomitante (attendant, attending, chaperoning, escorting). (various references) beledsagande omständighet, beledsagande (attendant). (various references) olacağı, eşlik eden (accompanying, attendant, in waiting), doğal sonuç (corollary), beraberindeki (accompanying), beraberinde gelen şey. (various references) супутній, супровідна обставина (concurrent), супровідний (accompanying, appendant, associate, attendant). (various references) cùng xảy ra, vật cùng đi, sự việc cùng xảy ra, sự việc đi đôi, đi kèm với, đi đôi với. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "concomitant": concomitantly, concomitants. (additional references) | |
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"Concomitant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cconcomitant, cocomitant, concomiant, concominant, concomitans, concomitent, concomittant, concommitan, concommitant, concommitent, concommittant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "concomitant" (pronounced kÄ'nkÄ"mutunt) |
| 5 | -u t u n t | adjutant, competent, exorbitant, hesitant, impotent, incompetent, inhabitant, irritant, militant, omnipotent, penitent. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, assistant, blatant, combatant, consistent, constant, consultant, contestant, decongestant, disinfectant, distant, existent, expectant, extant, exultant, important, inadvertent, inconsistent, insistent, instant, intermittent, latent, mutant, noncombatant, nonexistent, patent, persistent, pollutant, potent, protestant, reluctant, repentant, resistant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-m-n-n-o-o-t-t" | |
-2 letters: nonatomic. | |
-3 letters: coaction, conation, monotint, notation. | |
-4 letters: actinon, amotion, canonic, catmint, cocomat, comatic, contact, contain, cooncan, ottoman, taction. | |
-5 letters: action, amnion, anoint, anomic, atomic, atonic, camion, cannot, cantic, canton, cation, cocain, cotton, incant, intact, manioc, manito, mantic, mattin, motion, nation, nomina, noncom, notion, octant, oomiac, tactic, tannic, tictac, tictoc, tinman, titman, tomato, tomcat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-m-n-n-o-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: concomitants. | |
+2 letters: concomitantly. | |
+5 letters: countercomplaint, macroinstruction. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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