Once
[wʌns]
Definition
(adv.) on one occasion; 'once I ran into her'.
(adv.) at a previous time; 'at one time he loved her'; 'her erstwhile writing'; 'she was a dancer once';.
(adv.) as soon as; 'once we are home, we can rest'.
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Definition
(adv.) By limitation to the number one; for one time; not twice nor any number of times more than one.
(adv.) At some one period of time; -- used indefinitely.
(adv.) At any one time; -- often nearly equivalent to ever, if ever, or whenever; as, once kindled, it may not be quenched.
Typist: Shane
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. For one time.[2]. Formerly, in former times.
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Definition
n. Same as Ounce the animal.
adv. a single time: at a former time: at any time or circumstances.—n. one time.—Once and again more than once: repeatedly; Once for all once only and not again; Once in a way on one occasion only: very rarely.—At once without delay: alike: at the same time; For once on one occasion only.
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Examples
- Perhaps you had better go after my friends at once, because the weather is warm, and I can not 'keep' long. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But please to tell me at once what you have done. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Dear Mr. Traddles and dear Trotwood, papa once free with honour, what could I wish for! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I wish, Mr. Yeobright, you could give me something to keep that once belonged to her--if you don't mind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The energy which had at once supported him under his old sufferings and aggravated their sharpness, had been gradually restored to him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then I remembered all at once that I had not said my prayers that morning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The mill shall find salaries for a master and mistress, and the squire or the clothier shall give a treat once a quarter. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Let her footstep, as she comes and goes, in these pages, be like that other footstep to whose airy fall your own heart once beat time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The idea once broached, all were impatient to put it in execution. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was a part, at once of Mrs. Sparsit's dignity and service, not to lunch. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She put the handkerchief to her eyes once. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It seemed all at once to take the shape of an impertinence on her part; she read this meaning too in the man's eyes. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He once said that he was educated in a university where all the students belonged to families of the aristocracy; and the highest class in the university all wore little red caps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We looked forward to the day when I should go out for a ride, as we had once looked forward to the day of my apprenticeship. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- You know that he was once refused by McFarlane's mother? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- My Lady Steyne, he said, once more will you have the goodness to go to the desk and write that card for your dinner on Friday? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I told you everything once before, and you were so good that I can't help coming to you again. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Once it was so; now is man lord of the creation? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I asked at once that Sigel might be relieved, and some one else put in his place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I do declare once for all that it ought to be put a stop to. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But I had once meant better than that, and I am come back to my old intention. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- While breakfasting he considered whether he should ride to Middlemarch at once, or wait for Lydgate's arrival. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Once the grotesqueness of the situation accepted, she had seen at a glance that it was the safest in which Dorset could find himself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I will answer any questions this once, but after to-night let us never speak of it again. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was very funny, full of amusing and absurd situations; but Gould never smiled once. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But Jane did not once lose consciousness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I made the first civil excuse that occurred to me for leaving Mr. Gilmore, and returned at once to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Do not allow a trivial misunderstanding to wither the blossoms of spring, which, once put forth and blighted, cannot be renewed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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