once
adverb
1 once
On one occasion:
— Once I ran into her.
synonyms: in one case, one time.
Roget 106:
while,
whilst,
during,
pending;
during the time,
during the interval;
in the course of,
at that point,
at that point in time;
for the time being,
day by day;
in the time of,
when;
meantime,
meanwhile;
in the meantime,
in the interim;
ad interim,
pendente lite [Lat.];
de die in diem [Lat.];
from day to day,
from hour to hour
&c.;
hourly,
always;
for a time,
for a season;
till,
until,
up to,
yet,
as far as,
by that time,
so far,
hereunto,
heretofore,
prior to this,
up to this point.
the whole time,
all the time;
all along;
throughout
etc.
(completely)
52;
for good
etc.
(diuturnity)
110.
hereupon,
thereupon,
whereupon;
then;
anno Domini,
A. D.;
ante Christum,
A. C.;
before Christ,
B. C.;
anno urbis conditae [Lat.],
A. U.C.;
anno regni [Lat.],
A. R.;
once upon a time,
one fine morning,
one fine day,
one day,
once.
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Roget 137:
seldom,
rarely,
scarcely,
hardly;
not often,
not much,
infrequently,
unfrequently†,
unoften†;
scarcely,
scarcely ever,
hardly ever;
once in a blue moon.
once;
once in a blue moon;
once in a million years;
once for all,
once in a way;
pro hac vice [Lat.].
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2 once
3 once
At a previous time:
— She was a dancer once.
synonyms: at one time, erst, erstwhile, formerly.
Roget 122:
paleo-;
archaeo-;
formerly;
of old,
of yore;
erst [G.],
whilom,
erewhile†,
time was,
ago,
over;
in the olden time
etc.
n.;
anciently,
long ago,
long since;
a long while,
a long time ago;
years ago,
yesteryear,
ages ago;
some time ago,
some time since,
some time back.
yesterday,
the day before yesterday;
last year,
ultimo;
lately
etc.
(newly)
123.
retrospectively;
ere now,
before now,
till now;
hitherto,
heretofore;
no longer;
once,
once upon a time;
from time immemorial,
from prehistoric times;
in the memory of man;
time out of mind;
already,
yet,
up to this time;
ex post facto.
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Moby thesaurus: alone, already, ancient, anytime, anyway, anywise, apart, at a stroke, at all, at any time, at intervals, at once, at one time, at times, at whatever time, before, by itself, bygone, conclusively, decidedly, definitely, directly, earlier, early, erstwhile, finally, for good, fore, former, formerly, heretofore, if ever, immediately, immemorial, in a jiffy, in a trice, in a wink, in the singular, individually, instantly, just this once, late, long ago, no matter when, now and again, occasionally, old, olden, on one occasion, once for all, one by one, one day, one fine morning, one time, onetime, only once, particularly, past, per se, periodically, positively, prehistoric, previous, previously, primeval, primitive, prior, promptly, quondam, recent, right away, separately, severally, simultaneously, single-handedly, singly, singularly, some time ago, sometime, sometimes, sporadically, then, time was, together, whenever, whensoever, whilom, without delay ... show more.
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