concomitant
adjective/kənˈkɒmɪtənt/
/kənˈkɑːmɪtənt/
(formal)- happening at the same time as something else, especially because one thing is related to or causes the other
- an increase in student numbers and the concomitant increase in class size
Oxford Collocations DictionaryConcomitant is used with these nouns:- increase
- rise
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin concomitant- ‘accompanying’, from concomitari, from con- ‘together with’ + comitari, from Latin comes ‘companion’.Definitions on the go
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