at the same time

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Prepositional phrase

at the same time

1. Simultaneously.

   Synonyms: at a time, at one time, simultaneously, together, therewhile, meanwhile; see also Thesaurus:simultaneously

   Antonyms: individually, one at a time, separately

   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:

     I bid him come towards me and give me his letter, at the same time throwing down, carelessly, a book I had in my hands.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.

   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.

2. On the other hand (introducing an opposing viewpoint).

   Synonyms: conversely, on the other hand, then again, meanwhile, equally

   Antonyms: additionally, likewise, similarly

Derived terms

• walk and chew gum at the same time

 

Translations

simultaneously — see also at once,‎ simultaneously

• Arabic: فِي نَفْس اَلْوَقْت (fī nafs al-waqt)
• Armenian: միաժամանակ (hy) (miažamanak)
• Belarusian: адначасо́ва (adnačasóva)
• Catalan: alhora (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 與此同時／与此同时 (zh) (yǔcǐtóngshí), 同時／同时 (zh) (tóngshí)

• Czech: zároveň (cs)
• Danish: samtidigt
• Dutch: tezelfdertijd (nl), tegelijkertijd (nl), tegelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: samtempe
• Finnish: samanaikaisesti (fi), samaan aikaan
• French: dans le même temps (fr), simultanément (fr), en même temps (fr)
• German: gleichzeitig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἅμα (háma)

• Hindi: एक बार में (ek bār mẽ)
• Irish: ag an am céanna, san am céanna

  Middle Irish: immallé, i n-óen uair

• Italian: contemporaneamente (it), intanto (it)
• Japanese: 同時に (ja) (どうじに, tōji ni)
• Latin: simītū, idem temporis
• Polish: jednocześnie (pl), w tym samym czasie
• Portuguese: ao mesmo tempo
• Romanian: simultan (ro), în același moment, în același timp
• Russian: одновреме́нно (ru) (odnovreménno), в то́ же вре́мя (ru) (v tó že vrémja), в то́ же са́мое вре́мя (v tó že sámoje vrémja)
• Sanskrit: साकम् (sa) (sākam)
• Spanish: a la vez (es), al mismo tiempo (es)
• Swedish: samtidigt (sv), på samma gång (sv)
• Telugu: ఒకేసారి (okēsāri)
• Turkish: aynı anda
• Ukrainian: одноча́сно (odnočásno)
• Urdu: ایک بار میں (ek bār mẽ)

on the other hand

• Armenian: միեւնույն ժամանակ (miewnuyn žamanak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 另一方面 (zh) (lìngyīfāngmiàn)

• Finnish: toisaalta (fi)
• French: d’un autre côté (fr)
• German: andererseits (de)
• Hungarian: másrészt (hu), másfelől (hu), ugyanakkor (hu), viszont (hu), azonban (hu), ennek ellenére (hu)
• Irish: san am céanna
• Polish: jednocześnie (pl)
• Portuguese: por outro lado, ao contrário
• Romanian: pe de altă parte, în același timp
• Russian: в то́ же вре́мя (ru) (v tó že vrémja)
• Swedish: på samma gång (sv), å andra sidan (sv), samtidigt (sv)