"once" meaning in English

See once in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /wʌns/ Audio: en-us-once.ogg [US] Forms: once
Head templates: {{determiner}} [POS TABLE]
  1. one time
    Sense id: simple-once-en-det-xPT70S~z Categories (other): Indefinite determiners
  2. at a time in the past, but not now
    Sense id: simple-once-en-det-6zlNStT5 Categories (other): Indefinite determiners

Preposition

IPA: /wʌns/ Audio: en-us-once.ogg [US] Forms: once
Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. after
    Sense id: simple-once-en-prep-85WSOT7w
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        {
          "text": "We go to the house once a year."
        },
        {
          "text": "She had only seen him once."
        },
        {
          "text": "It's nice to be understood for once."
        },
        {
          "text": "We get together once a month for coffee."
        },
        {
          "text": "Not once have I said that."
        }
      ],
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        "one time"
      ],
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        "indefinite"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was hard to believe that once we had been friends."
        },
        {
          "text": "The once great city had be destroyed."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "at a time in the past, but not now"
      ],
      "id": "simple-once-en-det-6zlNStT5",
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        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/wʌns/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wVns/"
    },
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  "word": "once"
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  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Once I've finished cleaning up, we can leave."
        }
      ],
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  "word": "once"
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "We go to the house once a year."
        },
        {
          "text": "She had only seen him once."
        },
        {
          "text": "It's nice to be understood for once."
        },
        {
          "text": "We get together once a month for coffee."
        },
        {
          "text": "Not once have I said that."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one time"
      ],
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      ]
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "It was hard to believe that once we had been friends."
        },
        {
          "text": "The once great city had be destroyed."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "once"
}

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    {
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        {
          "text": "Once I've finished cleaning up, we can leave."
        }
      ],
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        "after"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wVns/"
    },
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