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at the same time en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. At the same instant.
    • I bid him come towards me and give me his letter, at the same time throwing down, carelessly, a book I had in my hands. 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
    • Their departures were at the same time.
    • They departed at the same time.
  2. Overlapping or coinciding in duration.
    • I'm working. But at the same time, I'm exercising too.
    • However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
    • His service as chairman was at the same time as his board membership
    • At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country. 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
  3. (qualifier:sentence adverb) On the other hand (introducing an opposing viewpoint).

Antonyms

additionally · equally · similarly · likewise

Deriveds

walk and chew gum at the same time

Synonyms

meanwhile · meanwhile · yet · nevertheless · simultaneously · then again · conversely · on the other hand · therewhile

Translations (81)

es a la vez (overlapping in duration) · pt ao contrário (on the other hand) · la simītū (overlapping in duration) · ga san am céanna (overlapping in duration) · ru в то́ же са́мое вре́мя (overlapping in duration) · sv samtidigt (on the other hand) · ru в то́ же вре́мя (on the other hand) · es al mismo tiempo (overlapping in duration) · ru одновреме́нно (overlapping in duration) · it contemporaneamente (overlapping in duration) · rsk источашнє (overlapping in duration) · ja 同時に (overlapping in duration) · fr en même temps (overlapping in duration) · ru в то́ же вре́мя (overlapping in duration) · sv samtidigt (overlapping in duration) · cmn 同時 /同时 (overlapping in duration) · ro pe de altă parte (on the other hand) · kw yn kettermyn (overlapping in duration) · ga ag an am céanna (overlapping in duration) · pt por outro lado (on the other hand) · nn på hi sida (on the other hand) · pt ao mesmo tempo (overlapping in duration) · it intanto (overlapping in duration) · hu azonban (on the other hand) · ca alhora (overlapping in duration) · hu másrészt (on the other hand) · lt kita vertus (on the other hand) · hi उसी वक़्त (overlapping in duration) · te ఒకేసారి (overlapping in duration) · fr simultanément (overlapping in duration) · nl tegelijk (overlapping in duration) · cmn 反過來 /反过来 (on the other hand) · fi samaan aikaan (overlapping in duration) · eo samtempa (at the same instant) · hy միաժամանակ (overlapping in duration) · yi אין דער זעלבער צײַט (overlapping in duration) · az eyni zamanda (overlapping in duration) · hy միեւնույն ժամանակ (on the other hand) · pl jednocześnie (overlapping in duration) · nl tezelfdertijd (overlapping in duration) · sv å andra sidan (on the other hand) · pl w tym samym czasie (overlapping in duration) · ar فِي نَفْس اَلْوَقْت (overlapping in duration) · rsk ровночасно (overlapping in duration) · rsk источасно (overlapping in duration) · rsk єдночасно (overlapping in duration) · hi एक बार में (overlapping in duration) · uk одноча́сно (overlapping in duration) · mga immallé (overlapping in duration) · ro simultan (overlapping in duration) · cmn 與此同時 /与此同时 (overlapping in duration) · hu ennek ellenére (on the other hand) · hu ugyanakkor (on the other hand) · ro în același moment (overlapping in duration) · nl tegelijkertijd (overlapping in duration) · sa साकम् (overlapping in duration) · da samtidigt (overlapping in duration) · hu viszont (on the other hand) · grc ἅμα (overlapping in duration) · nn samstundes (overlapping in duration) · cs zároveň (overlapping in duration) · cmn 另一方面 (on the other hand) · be адначасо́ва (overlapping in duration) · fr d'un autre côté (on the other hand) · pl jednocześnie (on the other hand) · eo samtempe (overlapping in duration) · ro în același timp (overlapping in duration) · mga i n-óen uair (overlapping in duration) · sv på samma gång (on the other hand) · sv på samma gång (overlapping in duration) · de andererseits (on the other hand) · fi toisaalta (on the other hand) · ro în același timp (on the other hand) · tr aynı anda (overlapping in duration) · ga san am céanna (on the other hand) · de gleichzeitig (overlapping in duration) · hu másfelől (on the other hand) · fi samanaikaisesti (overlapping in duration) · fr dans le même temps (overlapping in duration) · ur ایک بار میں (overlapping in duration) · la idem temporis (overlapping in duration)