concomitant
noun/kənˈkɒmɪtənt/
/kənˈkɑːmɪtənt/
(formal)- a thing that happens at the same time as something else
- Political union is an essential concomitant of successful economic union.
- Pollution is an inevitable concomitant of population growth.
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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