simultaneously

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UK/ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/US/ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/

adverb

Occurring at the same time.

CommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adverbsimultaneously (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring at the same time.

    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
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    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

    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 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, “Welcome to the geopolitics of trade, where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 14 May 2021, page 18

    Synonyms: at a time, at one time, at the same time, concomitantly, concurrently, contemporaneously, cotemporally, during

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adverbat the same instant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishsimultaneous
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishsimultaneously

From simultaneous + -ly.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἅμα
  • ἅμα (háma)occurring at the same time
Arabic فِي وَقْت وَاحِد, مَعًا
  • فِي وَقْت وَاحِد (fī waqt wāḥid)occurring at the same time
  • مَعًا (maʕan)occurring at the same time
Bulgarian едновременно
  • едновременно (ednovremenno)occurring at the same time
Catalan simultàniament, alhora
  • simultàniamentoccurring at the same time
  • alhoraoccurring at the same time
Chinese Mandarin 同時地 /同时地
  • 同時地 /同时地 (tóngshí de)occurring at the same time
Czech zároveň
  • zároveňoccurring at the same time
Danish samtidigt
  • samtidigtoccurring at the same time
Dutch tegelijkertijd, tegelijk
  • tegelijkertijdoccurring at the same time
  • tegelijkoccurring at the same time
  • simultaanoccurring at the same time
  • gelijktijdigoccurring at the same time
Esperanto samtempe
  • samtempeoccurring at the same time
Finnish yhtä aikaa, samanaikaisesti
  • yhtä aikaaoccurring at the same time
  • samanaikaisestioccurring at the same time
French simultanément, en même temps
  • simultanémentoccurring at the same time
  • en même tempsoccurring at the same time
German gleichzeitig
  • gleichzeitigoccurring at the same time
Greek ταυτόχρονα
  • ταυτόχρονα (taftóchrona)occurring at the same time
Hindi एक बार में
  • एक बार में (ek bār mẽ)occurring at the same time
Hungarian egyidejűleg, egyszerre
  • egyidejűlegoccurring at the same time
  • egyszerreoccurring at the same time
  • egy időbenoccurring at the same time
Italian simultaneamente, allo stesso tempo
  • simultaneamenteoccurring at the same time
  • allo stesso tempooccurring at the same time
Japanese 同時に, 一斉に
  • 同時に (dōji ni)occurring at the same time
  • 一斉に (issei ni)occurring at the same time
Korean 동시에
  • 동시에 (dongsi-e)occurring at the same time
Latin simul, una
  • simuloccurring at the same time
  • unaoccurring at the same time
Latvian vienlaikus
  • vienlaikusoccurring at the same time
Norwegian samtidig
  • samtidigoccurring at the same time
Persian همزمان, در آن واحد
  • همزمانoccurring at the same time
  • در آن واحد (dar ân-e vâhed)occurring at the same time
Polish równocześnie, jednocześnie
  • równocześnieoccurring at the same time
  • jednocześnieoccurring at the same time
Portuguese simultaneamente
  • simultaneamenteoccurring at the same time
Romanian simultan, în mod simultan
  • simultanoccurring at the same time
  • în mod simultanoccurring at the same time
Russian одновре́менно
  • одновре́менно (odnovrémenno)occurring at the same time
Spanish simultáneamente
  • simultáneamenteoccurring at the same time
Swedish samtidigt
  • samtidigtoccurring at the same time
Tagalog sabay-sabay
  • sabay-sabayoccurring at the same time
Turkish aynı anda
  • aynı andaoccurring at the same time
Ukrainian одноча́сно
  • одноча́сно (odnočásno)occurring at the same time
Urdu ایک بار میں
  • ایک بار میں (ek bār mẽ)occurring at the same time
Cite this entry
APA

simultaneously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simultaneously

MLA

“simultaneously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simultaneously. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “simultaneously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simultaneously.

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