once

Definitions

1. One and only one time.
   not-comparable
2. Formerly, once.
3. Formerly; during some period in the past.
   not-comparable
4. At any time; ever.
   not-comparable, obsolete
5. One day, someday.
   not-comparable, obsolete
6. Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.
   not-comparable

Equivalents

23 more languages

العربيةتارةمرةوقتمايوما+ 1 more

Bosanskijedanputjednoćjednomjemputjenputnegdanegdarnekadnekadanekoćnjekadnjekadaražvalједанпутједномједноћнегданекаднекаданекоћ+ 18 more

Češtinajednoukdysionehdy

Ελληνικάάλλοτεάπαξεφάπαξπαλαιά+ 1 more

Suomiaikanaankerrankertaalleenyhdesti+ 1 more

Galegooutroraunha vez

Hrvatskijedanputjednoćjednomjemputjenputnegdanegdarnekadnekadanekoćnjekadnjekadaražvalједанпутједномједноћнегданекаднекаданекоћ+ 18 more

Bahasa Indonesiasekalisempattahu

Italianoonceun tempouna volta

日本語かって一一切一回一度一応一旦一時一時期一遍以前嘗昔+ 10 more

Kurdîraz

Latinaaliquandoforteolimsemel+ 1 more

Latviešukadreiz

Nederlandseensooit

Polskidawniejjednokrotnieongiongiśrazrazem+ 3 more

Portuguêsoutrora

Русскийраньше

Српскиjedanputjednoćjednomjemputjenputnegdanegdarnekadnekadanekoćnjekadnjekadaražvalједанпутједномједноћнегданекаднекаданекоћ+ 18 more

Svenskaen gångväl

ไทยต่อ

Türkçe-incebir kerebir zamanbir zamanlareskidenmıvaktiylezamanında+ 5 more

Українськаколисьодного разуразякось+ 1 more

Tiếng Việtthườngtừng

Examples

“I have⟳ only once eaten pizza.”

“He was once the most handsome man around.”

“I once had a motorbicycle.”

“Once I didn't drive⟳ a big car, but now I own⟳ an all-terrain 4WD.”

“Wang notes that flowers have⟳ rooted and grow⟳ in the area once covered with ice.”

“Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury⟳, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have⟳ it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch⟳ from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.”

“The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like⟳ a zareba, was an irregular ring⟳ of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.”

“Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have⟳ imagined. Where we once sent love⟳ letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know⟳ and will never meet⟳.”

“The wisdom of God thought fit to acquaint David with that court which we shall once govern.”

“If the facts once became known, we'd be in trouble⟳.”

“Once three is three.”

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