at the same time
∞
1.0
- idiom
:
al mismo tiempo
- She managed to cook dinner and help her kids with homework at the same time.
- happen at the same time
- occur at the same time
- play at the same time
Absolute Being is at the same time in and for itself.
- Absolute Being is at the same time in and for itself.
- They raise prices all at the same time, and that is inflation.
- Develop the demon hand while at the same time maintain the Buddha's heart.
- We create and perceive the self at the same time, Critchley writes.
- It's like plugging in at the same time and sorry.
- And wildly, yes, at the same time, just all of it.
- I kind of feel sick though at the same time starting to go sour.
- My parents eat holding their knives and forks at the same time, animals.
- That's a movement that's going on at the same time coincidentally.
Examples
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The collection has grown dramatically and, at the same time, been significantly refined since that time.
Academic text (1999) -
Let me see both of you at the same time, OK?
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You could walk and talk at the same time now, can you?
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We have to go at the same time.
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Tell him to say it at the same time!
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Hundreds of people can play these games at the same time, and the games occur in real time.
Academic text (2011) -
They all happen at the same time, right?
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But reading and walking at the same time has its pitfalls.
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I don't understand how you can watch them all at the same time.
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Some districts allow students to replace a failing grade at the same time the credit is earned.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.6
While something else is happening
511
1.0
At the same time as someone or something else
287
1.8
At the same time
209
4.2
At the same time
43
2.1
Happening at the same time
32
2.5
Happening at the same time
14
5.8
Happening at the same time as something else
2
8.4
At the same time or during the same period
1
8.6
At the same time as something else
Happening at the same time as other things
At the same time as something else
Happening at the same time as something else
How Simultaneous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal meanings of 'same' and 'time' yield a notion of simultaneity ('during the same time'), so part of the MWE's sense is compositional. However, its common discourse use meaning 'nevertheless' or a contrastive reservation is a pragmatic/metaphorical extension not fully predictable from the constituents without prior exposure. Because there is a clear link to the parts but the specific concessive/discourse function requires pragmatic knowledge, it is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
At the same time creates the image of two events happening at the same time, like two clocks whose hands match. So it is used to mean 'simultaneously'.