Definition of concomitant

< concomitance

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con·com·i·tant    (kn-km-tnt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

Occurring or existing concurrently; attendant. See Synonyms at contemporary.

NOUN:

One that occurs or exists concurrently with another.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin concomitns, concomitant- present participle of concomitr, to accompany : Latin com-, com- + Latin comitr, to accompany (from comes, comit-, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots)

OTHER FORMS:
con·comi·tant·ly(Adverb)