competitor Archives - copyeditor.se https://copyeditor.se/tag/competitor/ Your professional help to improve your written English Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:18:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Concurrent = in harmony https://copyeditor.se/concurrent-in-harmony/ https://copyeditor.se/concurrent-in-harmony/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:16:00 +0000 https://copyeditor.se/?p=2747 The English word concurrent means that someone or something works in parallel or in harmony with someone or something else. The Swedish equivalent is samtidig, samverkande. The word comes from Latin CONCURRENTEM, running together. The Latin word also meant clash, fight. This last meaning is found in Swedish konkurrent, which means competitor, the opposite of […]

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]]> The English word concurrent means that someone or something works in parallel or in harmony with someone or something else. The Swedish equivalent is samtidig, samverkande. The word comes from Latin CONCURRENTEM, running together. The Latin word also meant clash, fight.

This last meaning is found in Swedish konkurrent, which means competitor, the opposite of people working in harmony. In the early 1500s, the English verb concur meant to collide or clash.

The corresponding nouns are English concurrence and Swedish konkurrens, again with opposite meanings.

A man and a woman jogging side by side. The image illustrates the word concurrent, literally running together.
Running together

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