adjective · academic
concurrent
UK/kənˈkʌrənt/US/kənˈkɜːrənt/con·CURRENT
Band 7+speakingtask2
occurring at the same time; simultaneous
Examples
“There were several concurrent experiments running in the lab to compare results.”
“Concurrent changes in policy and technology reshaped the industry.”
“The report examined concurrent trends in health and education.”
Band 8 sentence
“Concurrent increases in urbanisation and mechanisation brought about profound shifts in labour markets and family structures.”
Collocations
- concurrent events
- concurrent validity
- concurrent changes
Word family
concurrently adverbconcurrence noun
Common mistakes
simultaneous→concurrent
Say it for a higher band
5at the same time→6simultaneous→7+concurrent
Synonyms
simultaneous
Easily confused
simultaneous
“The study recorded concurrent symptoms across different patient groups.”
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