Meaning & use
simultaneous
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Happening or existing at exactly the same time as something else.
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The fireworks display featured simultaneous explosions of color across the sky.
Interpreters provided simultaneous translation so delegates could follow the speech in real time.
A note on using this word
Commonly paired with the adverb 'simultaneously,' which appears even more often than the adjective itself.
Words with a similar meaning
concurrentsynchronous
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