"at a time" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at a time, {{en-PP}} at a time
  1. In a single, continuous period of time. Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: at one time, at the same time, simultaneously, together Synonyms (in a single, continuous period of time): in a row, at a stretch Derived forms: one at a time Translations (in a continuous period): ad gangen (Danish), tegelijk (Dutch), -ope (Esperanto), samtempe (Esperanto), kerrallaan (Finnish), à la fois (French), egyhuzamban (Hungarian), egyvégtében (Hungarian), megszakítás nélkül (Hungarian), alla volta (Italian), per volta (Italian), एका वेळीस (ekā veḷīs) (Marathi), za sebou (Slovak), po sebe (Slovak), naraz (Slovak), a la vez (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-at_a_time-en-prep_phrase-~jHITSxk Disambiguation of Time: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'in a single, continuous period of time': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'in a continuous period': 100 0
  2. Simultaneously at each occurrence (of some action). Synonyms (simultaneously at each occurrence): at once Translations (simultaneously): a la vegada (Catalan), ad gangen (Danish), samtempe (Esperanto), -esével (Hungarian), -asával (Hungarian), -osával (Hungarian), -ösével (Hungarian), naraz (Polish), por vez (Portuguese), naraz (Slovak), spolu (Slovak), a la vez (Spanish), i taget (Swedish), fesul (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-at_a_time-en-prep_phrase-9aUZ2-jM Disambiguation of 'simultaneously at each occurrence': 13 87 Disambiguation of 'simultaneously': 31 69

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      "sense": "in a continuous period",
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