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concomitant

n. countable
C1 Advanced US //ˌkɑnˈkɑmətənt// UK //kənkˈɒmɪtənt// con·comi·tant

n. something that happens at the same time as another thing. You use this when two things are connected and one usually comes with the other.

n. a thing that exists or occurs in conjunction with another. Often used in academic or formal contexts to describe a secondary effect that accompanies a primary event.


SIMPLE

The success of the project was a concomitant of hard work.

CONTEXTUAL

While the main goal was to reduce costs, the improved efficiency was a welcome concomitant of the new software.

COMPLEX

The philosopher argued that the rise of industrial capitalism was a concomitant of the Enlightenment, as both relied on a rational approach to human labor and nature.

Synonyms
Origin

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”).

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