once

once is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wʌns/
• SAMPA: /wVns/
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Preposition

Preposition once

1. after

   Once I've finished cleaning up, we can leave.

Adverb

Positive once

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. one time

   We go to the house once a year.

   She had only seen him once.

   It's nice to be understood for once.

   We get together once a month for coffee.

2. at a time in the past, but not now

   It was hard to believe that once we had been friends.

   The once great city had be destroyed.

for once

Related words

• one
• at once