once

adverb · conjunction · nounA1

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Trạng từ

adverb

1.
(not comparable)(frequency) One and only one time.
I have only once eaten pizza.
Đồng nghĩa: one time
2.
(not comparable)(temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.
He was once the most handsome man around.
I once had a motorbicycle.
Once I didn't drive a big car, but now I own an all-terrain 4WD.
Wang notes that flowers have rooted and grow in the area once covered with ice.
3.
(not comparable, obsolete)(chiefly obsolete) At any time; ever.
If the facts once became known, we'd be in trouble.
4.
(not comparable, obsolete)One day, someday.
5.
(not comparable)(mathematics) Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.
Once three is three.

conjunction

1.
As soon as; when; after.
Near-synonym: immediately
We'll get a move on once we find the damn car keys!
Once you have obtained the elven bow, return to the troll bridge and trade it for the sleeping potion.
Once he is married, he will be able to claim the inheritance.
Đồng nghĩa: immediately

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

onces

1.
(alt of, obsolete)Obsolete form of ounce.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

one timeimmediately

Cùng gốc / liên quan

oncenessoncerChristmas comes but once a yearonce a man, twice a boyonce a man, twice a childOnce Brewedonce-in-a-lifetimedon't spend it all at oncefool me onceonce-offfor this onceonce on a timeonce-over-lightlyonce a woman, twice a childonce-in-a-generationtwice thrice often never seldom

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes, a remodelling (after ān (one)) of ǣnes, itself an extension of ǣne (once) with the genitive suffix -es. Equivalent to one + --s. Cognate with enst, insen (once), iens, eens, eens, ins (once), einst. More at one (including regarding the development of the pronunciation) and -s.