"at the time" meaning in All languages combined

See at the time on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

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  1. Back then, at the time referred to the specific time period, era, or time frame in the past. Related terms: back in the day Translations (at the time referred to the specific time period, era, or time frame in the past): en aquell moment (Catalan), en el seu moment (Catalan), 當時 (Chinese Cantonese), 当时 (dong¹ si⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), v té době (Czech), tehdy (Czech), dengang (Danish), toen (Dutch), tiutempe (Esperanto), aikanaan (Finnish), silloin (Finnish), à l’époque (French), zu der Zeit (German), damals (German), allora (Italian), ntlëuta (Ladin), den gang (Norwegian Bokmål), dengang (english: superseded?) (Norwegian Bokmål), den gong (Norwegian Nynorsk), w tamtym czasie (Polish), naquela hora (english: (recent)) (Portuguese), aquela hora (Portuguese), na hora (Portuguese), naquela época (english: (non-recent)) (Portuguese), aquela época (Portuguese), na época (Portuguese), à época [formal] (Portuguese), en ese momento (Spanish)
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          "sense": "at the time referred to the specific time period, era, or time frame in the past",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at the time referred to the specific time period, era, or time frame in the past",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at the time referred to the specific time period, era, or time frame in the past",
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          "sense": "at the time referred to the specific time period, era, or time frame in the past",
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          "sense": "at the time referred to the specific time period, era, or time frame in the past",
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