at the same time en · ADP
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Meanings
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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.
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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:
- (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)