"one at a time" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-one at a time.ogg [Australia] Forms: Used other than figuratively [canonical], idiomatically: see one [canonical], at a time . [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} one at a time (not comparable)
  1. During sequentially discrete instances. Synonyms (individually): individually, separately Derived forms: one day at a time, one step at a time Translations (individually): bir-bir (Azerbaijani), təkbətək (Azerbaijani), een voor een (Dutch), een tegelijk (Dutch), unuope (Esperanto), un par un (French), einer nach dem anderen [masculine] (German), eine nach der anderen [feminine] (German), eins nach dem anderen [neuter] (German), egyenként (Hungarian), egyesével (Hungarian), 一個ずつ (ikko zutsu) (Japanese), kōtiri (english: to come or go individually) (Maori), pojedynczo (Polish), um de cada vez [masculine] (Portuguese), uma de cada vez [feminine] (Portuguese), unul câte unul (Romanian), по одному́ (po odnomú) (Russian), поодино́чке (poodinóčke) (Russian), uno por vez [masculine] (Spanish), una por vez [feminine] (Spanish), en åt gången (Swedish), en i taget (Swedish), fesul un (Welsh)

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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "individually",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "individually",
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "individually",
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      "sense": "individually",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "individually",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "individually",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "individually",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "individually",
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      ],
      "word": "eins nach dem anderen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "individually",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "individually",
      "word": "egyesével"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ikko zutsu",
      "sense": "individually",
      "word": "一個ずつ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "to come or go individually",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "individually",
      "word": "kōtiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "individually",
      "word": "pojedynczo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "individually",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "individually",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uma de cada vez"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "individually",
      "word": "unul câte unul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "po odnomú",
      "sense": "individually",
      "word": "по одному́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poodinóčke",
      "sense": "individually",
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      "sense": "individually",
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      "sense": "individually",
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      "sense": "individually",
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      "sense": "individually",
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