at one time meaning

• Adverb: at one time
  1. Simultaneously
     - at a time, at once 
  2. At a previous time
     "at one time he loved her"
     - once, formerly, erstwhile [archaic], erst [archaic], sometime [archaic]
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  [American slang]
  adv. phr. 1. In the same moment; together. Let's start the dance again all at one time. Mr. Reed's bills came all at one time and he could not pay them.
  Synonym: AT THE SAME TIME¹. 2. At a certain time in the past; years ago. At one time people thought that Minnesota was not a good place to live. At one time most school teachers were men, but today there are more women than men.
  

• at one time i used to go skiing every winter.
• The city at one time must have been prosperous.
• The song had a great vogue at one time.
• I cared for her very much at one time.
• My brain can not hold so much information at one time.
• at one time circular ducts were very expensive to manufacture.
• Almost all of them wet their guns at one time or another.
• Each of these approaches was very fashionable at one time or another.
• Token money could at one time be contrasted with "full bodied" money.
• What may be a stimulus at one time may become an obstacle later.

• "at one time" meaning in Chinese: (过去)有个时期，一度，同时
• "at one time" meaning in Japanese: at one time一時にいちどきに一時いちじいっとき一遍にいっぺんに
• "at one time" meaning in Russian: в любой момент
• "at one time" meaning in French: en même temps, simultanément, au même moment