ML simultaneus < simultas, simultaneity < L, competition, rivalry < simul: see same
Examples of 'simultaneous' in a sentence
simultaneous
But the two are often simultaneous.
Christianity Today (2000)
The judges held two simultaneous conversations on side-by-side screens for five minutes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Often they are working in the knowledge that the client may be going through a similar simultaneous process with two or three rival kitchen manufacturers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Another explanation involves the dynamics of the relationship between unemployment and imprisonment, as two simultaneous processes involved in judicial sentencing practices.
de Haan, Willem The Politics of Redress - crime, punishment and penal abolition (1989)
This is where the second part of the simultaneous equation comes in: you must work out why you are in this position.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I first met him in 1958 as a schoolboy at a simultaneous display he gave.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It can also fly for up to 1,000 miles without refuelling, enabling it to react quickly if simultaneous attacks were launched in different cities.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
simultaneous
British English: simultaneous /ˌsɪməlˈteɪnɪəs/ ADJECTIVE
Things which are simultaneous happen or exist at the same time.
...the simultaneous release of the book and the film.
American English: simultaneous
Arabic: مُتَزَامِن
Brazilian Portuguese: simultâneo
Chinese: 同时的
Croatian: istovremen
Czech: simultánní
Danish: samtidig
Dutch: gelijktijdig
European Spanish: simultáneo
Finnish: samanaikainen
French: simultané
German: gleichzeitig
Greek: ταυτόχρονος
Italian: simultaneo
Japanese: 同時の
Korean: 동시의
Norwegian: samtidig
Polish: równoczesny
European Portuguese: simultâneo
Romanian: simultan
Russian: одновременный
Latin American Spanish: simultáneo
Swedish: simultan
Thai: ที่พร้อมกัน
Turkish: aynı anda olan
Ukrainian: одночасний
Vietnamese: đồng thời
Chinese translation of 'simultaneous'
simultaneous
(sɪməlˈteɪnɪəs)
adj
同时(時)的 (tóngshí de)
[translation]同声(聲)的 (tóngshēng de)
[broadcast]同步的 (tóngbù de)
(adjective)
Definition
occurring or existing at the same time
The film will provide simultaneous translation in both English and Chinese.
Synonyms
coinciding
parallel
concurrent
He will actually be serving three concurrent sentences.
synchronized
concomitant
New methods had to be learnt, with concomitant delays in production.
contemporaneous
coincident
The Moon's path through the sky is more or less coincident with the Sun's.
synchronous
happening at the same time
Additional synonyms
in the sense of coincident
Definition
having the same position in space or time
The Moon's path through the sky is more or less coincident with the Sun's.
Synonyms
coinciding,
correspondent,
coordinate,
concomitant,
contemporaneous,
synchronous
in the sense of concomitant
Definition
existing or along with (something else)
New methods had to be learnt, with concomitant delays in production.
Synonyms
accompanying,
related,
associated,
connected,
attendant,
complementary,
collateral,
consequent,
resultant,
concurrent,
associative
in the sense of concurrent
Definition
taking place at the same time or place
He will actually be serving three concurrent sentences.