once
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- adverb
- /wʌns/
:
en cuanto
- What thoughts were going through your mind once you heard the news?
And let me tell you, once you pop, you will stop.
- And let me tell you, once you pop, you will stop.
- And I will refer people this way once the escrow is closed.
- He once said that once you label me, you negate me.
- You can't especially death, once it happens, you can't change it.
- Scientific work that once spoken might do more harm.
- And I feel like this is implied, but once you're away, stay away.
- I'll show you my full look once we're outside.
- And the he, once the heat got turned on, he left.
Examples
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You can start the meeting once everyone arrives.
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Sire, you must leave the city at once
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I'll get back to you once this is developed.
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But yes, once you get it, once the penny drops, it's brutal.
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And I will refer people this way once the escrow is closed.
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Pat Parker sat all alone in the crowded restaurant, and once more she looked at her watch.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'll leave at once.
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"Mrs. Stock has a fainting spell, and wants Dr. Braun to come at once!"
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Central America, and particularly Honduras, appear once again to be caught in the karmic cycle of blood and corruption.
Academic text (2011) -
At the beginning of 1990, U.S. policymakers once again faced the task of normalizing relations with China.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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Right after something happens
Right after something happens
Idioms
- Informal
To check something carefully before you do it to avoid mistakes
- Literature
To try again to face a difficult situation even after failing before
- Informal
Careful about doing something again because of a bad past experience
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word once also came to mean 'as soon as' by using the idea of 'the one moment' when something happens, with one meaning 'single'. So when you say 'turn it off once you finish', you mean 'as soon as' that single moment arrives.