Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

at a time

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.12 in modern English

Syllables: at a -time
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

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In a single, continuous period of time.

prep_phrase

Simultaneously at each occurrence (of some action).

prep_phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, a, time.

Example Sentences

"He manages to abstain from smoking for weeks at a time, but then gives in and starts again."
"climb stairs two at a time"
"The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible."
"We can't buy a new car at a time when we are already running low on money."

Phrases

one at a time

Synonyms

in a row at a stretch at once at one time at the same time simultaneously together

Antonyms

individually one at a time piecemeal separately severally singly

Questions

What does at a time mean?: In a single, continuous period of time.

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