adverb
1. simultaneously (Freq. 2)
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he took three cookies at a time
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
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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 pastsynonym
Main entry: time
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in or during a known but unspecified past period
she was a nurse at one time
Useful english dictionary. 2012.