at the same time
English
Prepositional phrase
- Simultaneously.
- 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.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
- 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.
- On the other hand (introducing an opposing viewpoint).
Synonyms
- (simultaneously): at a time, at one time, simultaneously, together, therewhile; see also Thesaurus:simultaneously
- (on the other hand): conversely, on the other hand, then again
Antonyms
- (simultaneously): individually, one at a time, separately
- (on the other hand): additionally, likewise, similarly
Translations
on the other hand
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