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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

simultaneously en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/ (US)
  • /ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English simultaneous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English simultaneously From simultaneous + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring at the same time.
    • Numa was about to charge—there was little time in which to compare various methods or weigh the probable results of any. And then a number of things happened, almost simultaneously—the lion sprang from his ambush toward the retreating black—Tarzan cried out in warning—and the black turned just in time to see Numa halted in mid-flight by a slender strand of grass rope, the noosed end of which had fallen cleanly about his neck. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 123:
    • The cradle-rocking and the song would cease simultaneously for a moment, and an exclamation at highest vocal pitch would take the place of the melody. 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 29:
    • In Goblet of Fire, Harry jinxes Vincent Crabbe while George Weasley simultaneously hits him with a Jelly-Legs Jinx. 2019, The Editors of MuggleNet, The Unofficial Ultimate Harry Potter Spellbook, page 115:
    • The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
    • Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:

Antonyms

singly · individually · separately · one at a time · piecemeal · severally

Relateds

concurrently · simultaneity · simultaneousness · simultaneous

Synonyms

concurrently · cotemporally · together · at a time · concomitantly · in parallel · then · simultaneously · during · therewhile · while · at the same time · contemporaneously · at one time

Translations (61)

nl tegelijk (occurring at the same time) · lv vienlaikus (occurring at the same time) · ja 同時に (occurring at the same time) · pl jednocześnie (occurring at the same time) · nl gelijktijdig (occurring at the same time) · fi samanaikaisesti (occurring at the same time) · gl simultaneamente (occurring at the same time) · pam agnan-agnan (occurring at the same time) · pl równocześnie (occurring at the same time) · ca simultàniament (occurring at the same time) · es simultáneamente (occurring at the same time) · nl simultaan (occurring at the same time) · sh исто̀добно (occurring at the same time) · sa साकम् (occurring at the same time) · eo samtempe (occurring at the same time) · ru одновре́менно (occurring at the same time) · ka ერთდროულად (occurring at the same time) · fa همزمان (occurring at the same time) · ar مَعًا (occurring at the same time) · la una (occurring at the same time) · el ταυτόχρονα (occurring at the same time) · hu egy időben (occurring at the same time) · hu egyszerre (occurring at the same time) · nl tegelijkertijd (occurring at the same time) · ro în mod simultan (occurring at the same time) · ko 동시에 (occurring at the same time) · no samtidig (occurring at the same time) · da samtidigt (occurring at the same time) · nn samstundes (occurring at the same time) · sh sȉmultāno (occurring at the same time) · ka ერთსა და იმავე დროს (occurring at the same time) · fa در آن واحد (occurring at the same time) · uk одноча́сно (occurring at the same time) · la simul (occurring at the same time) · tl sabay-sabay (occurring at the same time) · ht anmenmtan (occurring at the same time) · hu egyidejűleg (occurring at the same time) · pt simultaneamente (occurring at the same time) · hi एक बार में (occurring at the same time) · it allo stesso tempo (occurring at the same time) · grc ἅμα (occurring at the same time) · fr simultanément (occurring at the same time) · tr aynı anda (occurring at the same time) · sh istòvremeno (occurring at the same time) · sv samtidigt (occurring at the same time) · de gleichzeitig (occurring at the same time) · it simultaneamente (occurring at the same time) · ur ایک بار میں (occurring at the same time) · fi yhtä aikaa (occurring at the same time) · bg едновременно (occurring at the same time) · fr en même temps (occurring at the same time) · sh istòdobno (occurring at the same time) · cs zároveň (occurring at the same time) · sh си̏мулта̄но (occurring at the same time) · ja 一斉に (occurring at the same time) · ar فِي وَقْت وَاحِد (occurring at the same time) · ca alhora (occurring at the same time) · cmn 同時地 /同时地 (occurring at the same time) · sh исто̀времено (occurring at the same time) · ro simultan (occurring at the same time) · te ఒకేసారి (occurring at the same time)