"one-time" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-one-time.ogg Forms: onetime [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} one-time (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to a specific period of time in the past, not extending to the present. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law enforcement Synonyms: former, past, sometime, former Translations (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off): аднаразо́вы (adnarazóvy) (Belarusian), еднократен (ednokraten) (Bulgarian), jednorázový (Czech), unufoja (Esperanto), ainutkertainen (Finnish), ერთჯერადი (ertǯeradi) (Georgian), einmalig (German), εφάπαξ (efápax) [adverb] (Greek), egyszeri (Hungarian), jednokrotny (Polish), jednorazowy (Polish), однокра́тный (odnokrátnyj) (Russian), однора́зо́вий (odnorázóvyj) (Ukrainian), однокра́тний (odnokrátnyj) (Ukrainian) Translations (of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile): някогашен (njakogašen) (Bulgarian), iama (Esperanto), entinen (Finnish), ehemalig (German), einstig (German), πρώην (próin) (Greek), egykori (Hungarian)
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  2. Occurring or used in a single instance and then never again. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: one-off
    Sense id: en-one-time-en-adj-RetKfEIb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: one-time pad, OTP (english: one-time password)

Noun

Audio: En-au-one-time.ogg Forms: the one-time [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the one-time}} the one-time
  1. (US, slang) The police. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-one-time-en-noun-ArbpzIom Categories (other): American English

Verb

Audio: En-au-one-time.ogg Forms: one-times [present, singular, third-person], one-timing [participle, present], one-timed [participle, past], one-timed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} one-time (third-person singular simple present one-times, present participle one-timing, simple past and past participle one-timed)
  1. (soccer, ice hockey) To shoot (the ball or puck) directly from a teammate's pass. Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Ice hockey Related terms: one-timer
    Sense id: en-one-time-en-verb-fHRnqMsv Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, soccer, sports

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "former"
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          "word": "past"
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          "word": "sometime"
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          "word": "former"
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        {
          "text": "one-time charge/payment",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He was an eloquent speaker, and his slip of the tongue was a one-time error.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, Wiley, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Even if an attacker manages to intercept a one-time password, that password has already been used and is no longer usable to authenticate.",
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        }
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        "Occurring or used in a single instance and then never again."
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        {
          "word": "one-off"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "njakogašen",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile",
      "word": "някогашен"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile",
      "word": "iama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile",
      "word": "entinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile",
      "word": "ehemalig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile",
      "word": "einstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile",
      "word": "πρώην"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile",
      "word": "egykori"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adnarazóvy",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "аднаразо́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ednokraten",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "еднократен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "jednorázový"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "unufoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "ainutkertainen"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ertǯeradi",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "ერთჯერადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "einmalig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
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      ],
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "egyszeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "jednokrotny"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odnokrátnyj",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "однокра́тный"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "odnorázóvyj",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "однора́зо́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "odnokrátnyj",
      "sense": "occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off",
      "word": "однокра́тний"
    }
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}

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