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once (wuns)
adverb
- one time; one time only to eat once a day
- at any time; at all; ever she'll succeed if once given a chance
- at some time in the past; formerly a once famous man
- by one degree or grade a cousin once removed
Etymology: ME ones, gen. of on, one
conjunction
adjective
noun
all at once
- all at the same time
- suddenly
at once
- immediately
- at the same time
for once
once and again
once (and) for all
once in a while
once or twice
once upon a time
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
once
modif.
One time
this time, but once, once only, one time before, already, one, just this once, for the nonce, not more than once, never again, a single time, one time previously, on one occasion, only one time. Antonyms
twice*, many times, frequently. * Formerly
long ago, previously, earlier; see formerly.
at once
Immediately
now, quickly, this moment; see immediately.Simultaneously
all at once, at the same time, concurrently; see together 2.
for once
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Once upona time there was a little chimney-sweep, and his name wasTom.
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