Concurrentness

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality or state of occurring or existing at the same time as something else
2. The condition of existing or happening simultaneously with other events or entities is referred to as this state
3. This state pertains to the simultaneous occurrence or existence alongside other occurrences or entities

Etymology: Concurrentness is a plain formation: the adjective "concurrent" with the suffix "-ness" added. "Concurrent" itself comes from Latin "concurrere," meaning "to run together" or "to meet," built from "con-" (together) and "currere" (to run). The sense of things happening at the same time grew out of that literal idea of running together toward one point. The suffix does the grammatical work here. "-ness" descends from Old English "-nes," which turned adjectives into nouns naming a quality or state, so "concurrentness" names the condition of being concurrent. English has long made such nouns freely, pairing it with adjectives like "kindness" or "darkness," and this word follows the same pattern.

Synonyms: simultaneity, coincidence

Antonyms: discrepancy, asynchronicity