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English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin simultaneus, from simultim (“at the same time, extended”), from Latin simul (“together, at the same time”); compare similar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?m.?l?te??n.i.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa??m.?l?te??n.i.?s/
• Rhymes: -e?ni?s
• Rhymes: -e?n??s

Adjective

simultaneous (not comparable)

1. Happening at the same moment.
2. (mathematics, of a set of equations) To be solved for the same values of variables.

Antonyms

• (happening at the same moment): sequential

Derived terms

• simultaneously
• simultaneity
• simultaneous interpretation / simultaneous interpreting

Translations

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of simultaneous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m?l/

Noun

simul (plural simuls)

1. (gaming) A simultaneous exhibition: one player, typically very strong, plays several games at the same time against different opponents, typically weaker.
   • 1969, Anthony Glyn, The Dragon Variation, p96

     We're not just starting with Round 1. We're kicking off with a simul. Four simuls to be exact.

   • 1985, Daryl Lane, William Vernon, & David Carson, The Sound of Wonder, p80

     He could have organized a simul with a rat without blinking an eye.

   • 2003, J.C. Hallman, The Chess Artist, p275

     I saw Glenn wrapping up his speech, and told Baynes to come back that evening for the simul.

Anagrams

• limus, mulis

Hungarian

Etymology

sima (“smooth”) +? -ul (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??imul]
• Hyphenation: si?mul
• Rhymes: -ul

Verb

simul

1. (intransitive, of a surface, material) to become smooth
2. (intransitive, of clothing, hair, skin) to fit something tight
3. (intransitive) to snuggle up, cuddle up, to cling (to someone: -hoz/-hez/-höz)
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to conform, accommodate, adapt to, fit in somewhere

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading

• simul in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Latin

Etymology

Old Latin neuter of similis (with u before l-pinguis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?si.mul/, [?s??m???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?si.mul/, [?si?mul]

Adverb

simul (not comparable)

1. At the same time; simultaneously.
2. As soon as.

Derived terms

• simult?s
• simult?neus (Mediaeval Latin)

Related terms

Descendants

References

• simul in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• simul in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• simul in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Norse

Noun

simul f (genitive simlar)

1. (poetic) a hag, witch

References

• simul in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press