"one after another" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-one after another.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} one after another (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) In single file. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: one after the other Synonyms (in single file): one by one Related terms: one thing after another, if it's not one thing it's another, one another Translations (in single file): ἑξῆς (hexês) (Ancient Greek), ἄλλος δι' ἄλλου (állos di' állou) (Ancient Greek), 紛紛 (Chinese Mandarin), 纷纷 (fēnfēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 先後 (Chinese Mandarin), 先后 (xiānhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), de een na de ander (Dutch), unu post la alia (Esperanto), yksi toisensa jälkeen (Finnish), l’un après l’autre (French), nacheinander (German), αράδα (aráda) (Greek), בַּזֶּה אֲחַר זֶה (bazé akhár zé) (Hebrew), egyik a másik után (Hungarian), egymás után (Hungarian), sorban (Hungarian), sorjában (Hungarian), peräjalkiä (Ingrian), as a chéile (Irish), uno dopo l'altro (Italian), 相次いで (aitsuide) (alt: あいついで) (Japanese), 続々 (zokuzoku) (alt: ぞくぞく) (Japanese), 次々 (tsugitsugi) (alt: つぎつぎ) (Japanese), deinceps (Latin), jeden po drugim (Polish), jeden za drugim (Polish), оди́н за други́м (odín za drugím) (Russian), ఒకటొకటిగా (okaṭokaṭigā) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-one_after_another-en-adv-en:in_single_file Disambiguation of 'in single file': 91 5 4 Disambiguation of 'in single file': 91 5 4
  2. (idiomatic) Individually, in a particular sequence or chronology. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms (individually, in sequence or chronology): one at a time
    Sense id: en-one_after_another-en-adv-en:individually Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 0 Disambiguation of 'individually, in sequence or chronology': 18 79 3
  3. (idiomatic) Unrelentingly. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-one_after_another-en-adv-en:unrelentingly

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for one after another meaning in English (5.5kB)

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