once

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /wʌns/
• SAMPA: /wVns/

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Determiner

Determiner once

1. (indefinite) 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.

   Not once have I said that.

2. (indefinite) 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.

Preposition

Preposition once

1. after

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

Related words

• one
• at once