concurrency

noun

con·​cur·​ren·​cy kən-ˈkər-ən(t)-sē 

-ˈkə-rən(t)-,

kän-

: concurrence

Synonyms

• coexistence
• coincidence
• concurrence

Examples of concurrency in a Sentence

the concurrency of several life-threatening emergencies made for a busy night at the trauma center

there is general concurrency that the rule concerning the writing of thank-you notes still pertains

Recent Examples on the Web

When set up properly, APIs can handle high concurrency and large volumes of requests efficiently, ensuring better performance compared to direct database queries. —Artyom Keydunov, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

Hybrid cloud architectures must enable short query response times (to meet rigorous SLAs), high throughputs (to query large volumes of data) and high concurrency (to support multiple workloads). —Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 2 June 2022

And Tennessee is actually favorable to concurrency. —Tasha Lemley, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022

Suppose your company’s goals include unlimited concurrency and instant response times in delivering analytics. —Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined above