In The Same Breath

  

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In The Same Breath

Definition: In The Same Breath

In The Same Breath

Adverb

1. Simultaneously; "she praised and criticized him in the same breath".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: In The Same Breath

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Instantaneity

Adverb: instantaneously; Adjective: in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment; n. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu; at once, all at once; plump, slap; "at one fell swoop"; at the same instant; Noun: immediately; (early); extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash; (haste).

Synchronism

Adverb: at the same time; simultaneously; Adjective: together, in concert, during the same time; in the same breath; pari passu; in the interim; as one.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: In The Same Breath

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Wow! It's not often that I get my name mentioned in the same breath as Norman Rockwell. (Something Wilder; writing credit: Ralph Farquhar; Gary Hardwick)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: In The Same Breath

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Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Each felt the impulse in himself, and, in the same breath, caught it from his neighbour.

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Modern Translation: In The Same Breath

Language Translations for "in the same breath"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

不可同日而語 (cannot be mentioned in the same breath). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

egy szuszra (at one go), egy lélegzetre (at one go). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay ethay amesay eathbray

   

Romanian

  

repede (anon, apace, brisk, briskly, early, fast, fleet, fleetingly, hasty, hurried, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rash, smartly, soon, speedy, sudden, swift, swiftly, winged). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: In The Same Breath

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-e-h-h-i-m-n-r-s-t-t"

-5 letters: abatements, breathiest, earthshine, entreaties, haematites, hartebeest, heartbeats, heathenism, hibernates, inbreathes, martensite, reanimates, reestimate, terebinths, terminates.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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