AT THE SAME TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does at the same time mean? 

• AT THE SAME TIME (adverb)
  The adverb AT THE SAME TIME has 3 senses:

1. at the same instant

2. overlapping in duration

3. despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

  Familiarity information: AT THE SAME TIME used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AT THE SAME TIME (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At the same instant

Synonyms:

at the same time; simultaneously

Context example:

they spoke simultaneously

Sense 2

Meaning:

Overlapping in duration

Synonyms:

at the same time; concurrently

Context example:

going to school and holding a job at the same time

Sense 3

Meaning:

Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

Synonyms:

all the same; at the same time; even so; however; nevertheless; nonetheless; notwithstanding; still; withal; yet

Context example:

granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go

 Context examples 

At the same time I heard the reapers not a hundred yards behind me.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He glanced up at the quiet stars, at the same time emptying his lungs of air.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Still, at the same time, Uranus, the planet of surprise, will be friendly, so let’s expect only the best.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

So, as twilight deepened, gladly and at the same time reluctantly, I brought the Ghost up on the wind.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The man who followed slipped on a smooth boulder, nearly fell, but recovered himself with a violent effort, at the same time uttering a sharp exclamation of pain.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

At the same time, the gate of the garden is a hundred yards from the main London to Chatham road.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the same time I recognise that the evidence is purely circumstantial, and that some new development may upset it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And when I raise my hand—so—you will throw into the room what I give you to throw, and will, at the same time, raise the cry of fire.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was at the same time haughty, reserved, and fastidious, and his manners, though well-bred, were not inviting.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

At the same time, insulin glargine inhibits the liver's conversion of stored glycogen into glucose, which also contributes to lower blood glucose levels.

(Insulin glargine, NCI Thesaurus)