at one time

adverb

1. simultaneously (Freq. 2)

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he took three cookies at a time

• Syn: ↑at a time, ↑at once

2. at a previous time

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at one time he loved her

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her erstwhile writing

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she was a dancer once

• Syn: ↑once, ↑formerly, ↑erstwhile, ↑erst

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FORMERLY, previously, once, in the past, at one point, once upon a time, time was when, in days/times gone by, in times past, in the (good) old days, long ago; poetic/literary in days/times of yore; archaic erstwhile, whilom.

→ time

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at one time

1. Formerly

2. Simultaneously

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Main Entry: ↑time

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at one time phrase

in the past, but not now

At one time, that kind of thing would have made me really angry.

Thesaurus: existing, happening in or relating to a time in the past_synonym

Main entry: time

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in or during a known but unspecified past period

she was a nurse at one time