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at a time

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English

Prepositional phrase

In a single, continuous period of time.
He manages to abstain from smoking for weeksat a time, but then gives in and starts again.
Simultaneously at each occurrence (of some action).
climb stairstwo at a time
- 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter IV, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC,pages58–59:
  The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by othersat a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.

Synonyms

(in a single, continuous period of time):in a row,at a stretch
(simultaneously at each occurrence):at once,at one time,at the same time,simultaneously,together; see alsoThesaurus:simultaneously

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of“simultaneously at each occurrence”):individually,one at a time,piecemeal,separately,severally,singly

Derived terms

one at a time

Translations

in a continuous period

Danish:ad gangen
Dutch:tegelijk (nl)
Esperanto:-ope (eo),samtempe
Finnish:kerrallaan (fi)
French:à la fois (fr)
Hungarian:egyhuzamban (hu),egyvégtében (hu),megszakítás nélkül
Italian:alla volta,per volta
Marathi:एका वेळीस(ekā veḷīs)
Slovak:za sebou,po sebe,naraz
Spanish:a la vez (es)

simultaneously

Catalan:a la vegada (ca)
Danish:ad gangen
Esperanto:samtempe
Hungarian:-esével,-asával,-osával,-ösével
Polish:naraz (pl)
Portuguese:por vez
Slovak:naraz,spolu
Spanish:a la vez (es)
Swedish:i taget (sv)
Welsh:fesul

Anagrams

Maietta,tamaite

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