simultaneously

/saɪməlˈteɪniɪsli/

/saɪməlˈteɪniəsli/

Use the adverb simultaneously to describe actions that occur at the same time. You are reading this sentence and simultaneously learning a new word!

Simultaneously doesn’t have to describe two different actions. It just means that things are happening at the same time. If a presidential debate is broadcast simultaneously on three television channels, “broadcast” is the only action but it’s happening in three places at once.

Definitions of simultaneously

1. adverb

   at the same instant
   “they spoke simultaneously”

   synonyms: at the same time