Standard Lemma guide

simultaneously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY2 M AH0 L T EY1 N IY0 AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Occurring at the same time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

at the same instant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they spoke simultaneously

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: at the same time

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِي وَقْت وَاحِد (fī waqt wāḥid) — occurring at the same time
  • Arabic: مَعًا (maʕan) — occurring at the same time
  • Bulgarian: едновременно (ednovremenno) — occurring at the same time
  • Catalan: simultàniament — occurring at the same time
  • Catalan: alhora — occurring at the same time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同時地 /同时地 (tóngshí de) — occurring at the same time
  • Czech: zároveň — occurring at the same time
  • Danish: samtidigt — occurring at the same time
  • Dutch: tegelijkertijd — occurring at the same time
  • Dutch: tegelijk — occurring at the same time
  • Dutch: simultaan — occurring at the same time
  • Dutch: gelijktijdig — occurring at the same time
  • Esperanto: samtempe — occurring at the same time
  • Finnish: yhtä aikaa — occurring at the same time
  • Finnish: samanaikaisesti — occurring at the same time
  • French: simultanément — occurring at the same time
  • French: en même temps — occurring at the same time
  • Galician: simultaneamente — occurring at the same time
  • Georgian: ერთდროულად (ertdroulad) — occurring at the same time
  • Georgian: ერთსა და იმავე დროს (ertsa da imave dros) — occurring at the same time
  • German: gleichzeitig — occurring at the same time
  • Greek: ταυτόχρονα (taftóchrona) — occurring at the same time
  • Ancient Greek: ἅμα (háma) — occurring at the same time
  • Haitian Creole: anmenmtan — occurring at the same time
  • Hindi: एक बार में (ek bār mẽ) — occurring at the same time
  • Hungarian: egyidejűleg — occurring at the same time
  • Hungarian: egyszerre — occurring at the same time
  • Hungarian: egy időben — occurring at the same time
  • Italian: simultaneamente — occurring at the same time
  • Italian: allo stesso tempo — occurring at the same time
  • Japanese: 同時に (dōji ni) — occurring at the same time
  • Japanese: 一斉に (issei ni) — occurring at the same time
  • Kapampangan: agnan-agnan — occurring at the same time
  • Korean: 동시에 (dongsi-e) — occurring at the same time
  • Latin: simul — occurring at the same time
  • Latin: una — occurring at the same time
  • Latvian: vienlaikus — occurring at the same time
  • Norwegian: samtidig — occurring at the same time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: samstundes — occurring at the same time
  • Persian: همزمان — occurring at the same time
  • Persian: در آن واحد (dar ân-e vâhed) — occurring at the same time
  • Polish: równocześnie — occurring at the same time
  • Polish: jednocześnie — occurring at the same time
  • Portuguese: simultaneamente — occurring at the same time
  • Romanian: simultan — occurring at the same time
  • Romanian: în mod simultan — occurring at the same time
  • Russian: одновре́менно (odnovrémenno) — occurring at the same time
  • Sanskrit: साकम् (sākam) — occurring at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: си̏мулта̄но — occurring at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: исто̀времено — occurring at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: исто̀добно — occurring at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȉmultāno — occurring at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: istòvremeno — occurring at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: istòdobno — occurring at the same time
  • Spanish: simultáneamente — occurring at the same time
  • Swedish: samtidigt — occurring at the same time
  • Tagalog: sabay-sabay — occurring at the same time
  • Telugu: ఒకేసారి (okēsāri) — occurring at the same time
  • Turkish: aynı anda — occurring at the same time
  • Ukrainian: одноча́сно (odnočásno) — occurring at the same time
  • Urdu: ایک بار میں (ek bār mẽ) — occurring at the same time
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