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simultaneously

UK/ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/US/ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/
adverbC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,480 of 15,258leans written

Simultaneously means at exactly the same moment. Happen simultaneously, simultaneously translated, released simultaneously.

The exactness is the point: simultaneously claims the same instant, where at the same time can mean the same period. Simultaneous translation is done live as somebody speaks, which is a genuinely extraordinary skill. In relativity, whether two events are simultaneous depends on the observer, which is one of the strangest results in physics. Note simultaneous, simultaneity.

Definitions of simultaneously

  1. 1adverbsimultaneouslyAt exactly the same moment.C1

    “The two runners crossed the line simultaneously, so the race was a draw.”

simultaneously is a relation in time.

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *sem-

  2. Latin

    simul — together, at the same time

  3. Medieval Latin

    simultaneus

  4. English

    simultaneous

  5. English, today

    simultaneously

Built from

  • simultim · Latin — at the same time, extended

From simultaneous + -ly. simultaneous comes 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

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simultaneously in the wild

  • In chess, a fork is a tactic in which a piece attacks multiple enemy pieces simultaneously.

    Fork (chess)

  • In performing a double stop, two separate strings are bowed or plucked simultaneously.

    Double stop

  • When three or more notes are played simultaneously on a plucked string instrument, it is simply called a chord.

    Double stop

  • Entrez Global Query is an integrated search and retrieval system that provides access to all databases simultaneously with a single query string and user interface.

    Entrez

  • In a full-duplex system, both parties can communicate with each other simultaneously.

    Duplex (telecommunications)

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the simul family

simultaneouslysimultaneous

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