simultaneous

UK/ˌsɪm.əlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/US/ˌsaɪ̯.məlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,220 of 15,258leans written

Simultaneous means happening at exactly the same moment. Simultaneous translation, simultaneous equations, simultaneously.

Simultaneous interpretation is done as the speaker talks rather than in the gaps, and it is exhausting enough that interpreters work in pairs and swap every half hour. In relativity, whether two events are simultaneous depends on who is looking.

Definitions of simultaneous

1adjectivesimultaneousHappening at exactly the same moment.B2+
“The film will have a simultaneous release in cinemas and online.”

simultaneous is a quality of timing.

Where it comes from

Medieval Latin simultaneus comes from Latin simul, at the same time. Similar is a relative.

Proto-Indo-European
*sem-
Latin
simul — together, at the same time
Medieval Latin
simultaneus
English, today
simultaneous

Built from

simultim · Latin — at the same time, extended

From Medieval Latin simultaneus, from simultim (“at the same time, extended”), from Latin simul (“together, at the same time”); compare similar.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

simultaneous in the wild

In bridge, a non-simultaneous double squeeze is a double squeeze in which the pressure is not applied to both opponents at the same trick.
Non-simultaneous double squeeze
In Japan, simultaneous recruiting of new graduates or periodic recruiting of new graduates is the business custom in which companies hire new university graduates en masse.
Simultaneous recruiting of new graduates
In game theory, a simultaneous game or static game is a game where each player chooses their action without knowledge of the actions chosen by other players.
Simultaneous game
In other words, both players normally act at the same time in a simultaneous game.
Simultaneous game
A number of artists have achieved simultaneous number one singles and albums on The Official Charts Company from the United Kingdom (also the BPI).
List of artists who have achieved simultaneous number-one UK single and album

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Related words

the simul family

simultaneously simultaneous

simultaneous — used about once every 5,793 pages · #10,220 · point at the bar for the others

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