Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

at one time

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.98 in modern English

Syllables: at one -time
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

prep_phrase

Simultaneously, at once.

Example Sentences

"At one time, I could walk ten miles in a day, but I can't any longer."
"But despite its plague of tunnels, the run-in on this route is of unusual interest to the locomotive enthusiast: besides the hordes of self-important saddle-tanks shunting in the extensive yards, there was at one time the chance of seeing those slender little North London engines, with their large outside cylinders and no visible storage place for coal, and also an occasional South Eastern locomotive sporting a lot of polished brass."
"A bigamist has two spouses at one time."

Phrases

one time

Frequently Paired Words

one time

Synonyms

formerly in the past previously at the same time simultaneously together once erstwhile erst

Antonyms

currently now nowadays presently these days today subsequently individually one at a time separately

Questions

What does at one time mean?: Formerly.

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