concomitant
pronunciation
How to pronounce concomitant in British English:
UK [kənˈkɒmɪtənt]
How to pronounce concomitant in American English:
US [kənˈkɑmɪtənt]
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- Noun:
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
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- Adjective:
- following as a consequence
Word Origin
- concomitant
- concomitant: see count
- concomitant (adj.)
- c. 1600, from French concomitant, from Late Latin concomitantem (nominative concomitans), present participle of concomitari "accompany, attend," from com- "with, together" (see com-) + comitari "join as a companion," from comes (genitive comitis) "companion" (see count (n.)).
Example
- 1. In the wider sense philosophical reflection is a natural enterprise concomitant with our inquiries on any level .
- 2. Elevated activity in the reward-reinforcement pathway is a normal concomitant of healthy , nonaddictive , engaged life .
- 3. I am surprised , however , when I read about concomitant funding reductions for us universities , particularly public ones .
- 4. The near-fourfold increase in the number of sovereign states since the late 18th century would also seem to be a vindication of both the enlightenment political ideal of the right to self-government and its concomitant critique of colonisation and empire-building .
- 5. First , there is the decline of stand-alone investment banks , and the concomitant resurgence of universal banks , which combine investment banking with the simpler commercial - and retail-banking sort .