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- [at wuhn tahym]
- /æt wʌn taɪm/
- /ət wʌn taɪm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [at wuhn tahym]
- /æt wʌn taɪm/
Definitions of at one time words
- phrase at one time If you say that something was the case at one time, you mean that it was the case during a particular period in the past. 3
- noun at one time once; formerly 3
- noun at one time formerly 3
- noun at one time the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another. 1
- noun at one time duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite duration. 1
- noun at one time (sometimes initial capital letter) a system or method of measuring or reckoning the passage of time: mean time; apparent time; Greenwich Time. 1
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Origin of at one time
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English tīma; cognate with Old Norse tīmi; (verb) Middle English timen to arrange a time, derivative of the noun; akin to tide1
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Parts of speech for At one time
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
at one time popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
at one time usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for at one time
adv at one time
- heretofore — before this time; until now.
- already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- earlier — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- once — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
Antonyms for at one time
adv at one time
- currently — at the presenttime; now: She is currently working as a lab technician.
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- future — time that is to be or come hereafter.
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
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