once
Pronunciation
/wƌns/
/wƌns/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "once"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ

for one single time
once definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bus comes once an hour.
āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻ“

on even one time, if ever
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did she once consider my feelings?
āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϭ⧇āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇?
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āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇

at a time in the past
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She once lived in New York before moving here.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āύāĻŋāω āχāϝāĻŧāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇

used to indicate one generation of separation in family trees
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's my aunt once removed, my grandmother's sister.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻž, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§€āϰ āĻŦā§‹āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āϝāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ

used to express that something happens at the same time or right after another thing
once definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Once the concert ends, we'll go backstage to meet the band.
āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϞ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻœā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ

a single occurrence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Once is enough, do n't ask again.
āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ, āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
01

āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ•, āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ

having been at a previous time but no longer
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The treaty affected the once colonies of the empire.
āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ