"at that time" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

  1. At the time referred to (by the present discussion), which is in the past for many discussions but is in the future for others. Synonyms: at the time Coordinate_terms: at the moment, at present, now, back then, back in the day Translations (back then — see also at the time, back then): desa (english: nearer) (Asturian), daquella (english: further) (Asturian), по онова време (po onova vreme) (Bulgarian), en el seu moment (Catalan), саде жапыште (sade žapyšte) (Eastern Mari), silloin (Finnish), à l'époque (French), 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan) (Gothic), τότε (tóte) (Greek), exwde'onh (Lower Tanana), donn (nds) (Plautdietsch), wówczas (Polish), en ese entonces (english: nearer in time) (Spanish), en aquel entonces (english: further in time) (Spanish), på den tiden (Swedish)
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          "code": "ast",
          "english": "nearer",
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          "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
          "translation": "nearer",
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          "code": "ast",
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          "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
          "word": "𐌸𐌰𐌽"
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          "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
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          "english": "nearer in time",
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          "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
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      "code": "ast",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
      "word": "à l'époque"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
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      "roman": "þan",
      "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
      "word": "𐌸𐌰𐌽"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "taa",
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      "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
      "word": "exwde'onh"
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    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
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      "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
      "word": "саде жапыште"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
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      "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
      "word": "donn (nds)"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
      "word": "wówczas"
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "nearer in time",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "back then — see also at the time, back then",
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