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1 ADJ [ADJ n, v-link ADJ with n] Concomitant is used to describe something that happens at the same time as another thing and is connected with it. [FORMAL ] □  Cultures that were better at trading saw a concomitant increase in their wealth. □ [+ with ] This approach was concomitant with the move away from relying solely on official records.

2 N‑COUNT A concomitant of something is another thing that happens at the same time and is connected with it. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] The right to deliberately alter quotations is not a concomitant of a free press.

con|cord /kɒ ŋkɔː ^r d/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Concord is a state of peaceful agreement. [FORMAL ] □  They pursued a balanced policy for the sake of national concord.

2 N‑UNCOUNT In grammar, concord refers to the way that a word has a form appropriate to the number or gender of the noun or pronoun it relates to. For example, in 'He hates it', there is concord between the singular form of the verb and the singular pronoun 'he'.

con|cord|ance /kənkɔː ^r d ^ə ns/ (concordances )

1 N‑VAR If there is concordance between two things, they are similar to each other or consistent with each other. [FORMAL ] □ [+ between ] …a partial concordance between theoretical expectations and empirical evidence.

2 N‑COUNT A concordance is a list of the words in a text or group of texts, with information about where in the text each word occurs and how often it occurs. The sentences each word occurs in are often given.

con|course /kɒ ŋkɔː ^r s/ (concourses ) N‑COUNT A concourse is a wide hall in a public building, for example a hotel, airport, or station.

con|crete ◆◇◇ /kɒ ŋkriːt/ (concretes , concreting , concreted )

1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Concrete is a substance used for building which is made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water. □  The posts have to be set in concrete. □  They had lain on sleeping bags on the concrete floor.

2 VERB When you concrete something such as a path, you cover it with concrete. □ [V n] He merely cleared and concreted the floors.

3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You use concrete to indicate that something is definite and specific. □  He had no concrete evidence. □  I must have something to tell him. Something concrete. ●  con|crete|ly ADV □  …by way of making their point more concretely.

4 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A concrete object is a real, physical object. □  …using concrete objects to teach addition and subtraction.

5 ADJ [ADJ n] A concrete noun is a noun that refers to a physical object rather than to a quality or idea.

6 PHRASE If a plan or idea is set in concrete or embedded in concrete , it is fixed and cannot be changed. □  As Mr Blunkett emphasised, nothing is yet set in concrete. SYNONYMS concrete ADJ 3

clear-cut:This was a clear-cut case of the landowner being in the right.

black and white:But this isn't a simple black and white affair, Marianne.

definite:We didn't have any definite proof.

clear:It was a clear case of homicide.

co n|crete ju n|gle (concrete jungles ) N‑COUNT If you refer to a city or area as a concrete jungle , you mean that it has a lot of modern buildings and you think it is ugly or unpleasant to live in. [DISAPPROVAL ]

con|cu|bine /kɒ ŋkjʊba I n/ (concubines ) N‑COUNT In former times, a concubine was a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.