Concomitant - English meaning

noun

A thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive.

Usage examples:

Optional accessories include a battery charger and shoulder strap

adjective

Contributing to or aiding an activity or process in a minor way; subsidiary or supplementary.

Usage examples:

Functionally the maxillae are a pair of accessory jaws

noun

Something added to a machine or to clothing that has a useful or decorative purpose

Usage examples:

Fashion accessory sunglasses are much more than a fashion accessory., she wore a green wool suit wi…

adjective

Provided or occurring at the same time as something else.

Usage examples:

The accompanying documentation

verb

Go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort.

Usage examples:

The two sisters were to accompany us to london

adjective

Appearing or going with someone or something else

Usage examples:

Front-page stories broke the news of the star leaving, and accompanying photographs showed her gett…

adjective

(of a person or thing) connected with something else.

Usage examples:

Two associated events

verb

Connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.

Usage examples:

I associated wealth with freedom

adjective

Connected

Usage examples:

She was prepared to take on the job, with all its associated risks.

noun

A person employed to provide a service to the public in a particular place.

Usage examples:

A cloakroom attendant

adjective

Occurring with or as a result of.

Usage examples:

The sea and its attendant attractions

noun

Someone whose job is to help others in a particular place or situation

Usage examples:

A gas station/parking lot attendant

adjective

Providing supplementary or additional help and support.

Usage examples:

Auxiliary airport staff

noun

An auxiliary person or thing.

Usage examples:

A nursing auxiliary

adjective

Giving help or support, esp. to a more important person or thing

Usage examples:

The hospital has an auxiliary power supply in case of a power failure.

noun

Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default.

Usage examples:

She put her house up as collateral for the bank loan

adjective

Additional but subordinate; secondary.

Usage examples:

The collateral meanings of a word

noun

Valuable property owned by someone who wants to borrow money, which the person agrees will become the property of the lender (= person or business that lends money) if the debt is not paid back

Usage examples:

She put up her house as collateral for the loan.

adjective

Brought together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

A connected series of cargo holds

verb

Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

The electrodes were connected to a recording device

adjective

(of two or more things) joined together

Usage examples:

The connected parts of a machine, some loosely connected stories, he’s a politically connected lawy…

adjective

Following as a result or effect.

Usage examples:

The social problems of pupils and their consequent educational difficulties

noun

The second part of a conditional proposition, whose truth is stated to be implied by that of the antecedent.

Usage examples:

The antecedents and consequents of conditionals must be complete sentences.

adjective

Resulting

Usage examples:

Stock values declined, with consequent financial losses.

verb

Make, form, or suggest a connection with or between.

Usage examples:

Rumours that linked his name with judith

noun

A relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other.

Usage examples:

A commission to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline

noun

A ring or loop in a chain.

Usage examples:

A chain made of steel links

adjective

Belonging to the same family, group, or type; connected.

Usage examples:

Sleeping sickness and related diseases

verb

Make or show a connection between.

Usage examples:

The study examines social change within the city and relates it to developments in the country as a…

adjective

Belonging to the same family

Usage examples:

Of course elise and linda are related – they’re cousins., josé and alfonso are related by marriage.…

adjective

Occurring or produced as a result of something.

Usage examples:

Restructuring and the resultant cost savings

noun

A force, velocity, or other vector quantity which is equivalent to the combined effect of two or more component vectors acting at the same point.

Usage examples:

The resultant of mechanical forces pulling in different directions

noun

The total when two or more vectors are added

adjective

Occurring or following as the consequence of something.

Usage examples:

Talk of a general election and the resulting political uncertainty

verb

Occur or follow as the consequence of something.

Usage examples:

Anger may result from an argument

adjective

Caused by the event or situation that you have just mentioned

Usage examples:

The tape was left near a magnetic source, and the resulting damage was considerable.