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   Once

   /wəns/

   

   adverb

   • 1. on one occasion or for one time only: "they deliver once a week" Similar on one occasionone timeone single timeOpposite twicemany times
   • ▪ at all; on even one occasion (used for emphasis): "he never once complained" Similar everat any timeon any occasionat allunder any circumstanceson any accountin a million years
   • 2. at some time in the past; formerly: "He had once been an Army officer" Similar formerlypreviouslyin the pastat one timeat one pointonce upon a timeon a former occasionon one occasionone timein one casetime was whenin days/times gone byback in the dayin times pastin the (good) old dayslong agoarchaic:sometimeersterstwhilewhilomliterary:in days/times of yoreof yoreOpposite now

   conjunction

   • 1. as soon as; when: "once the grapes were pressed, the juice was put into barrels"

   Word Origin Middle Englishones, genitive of one. The spelling change in the 16th century was in order to retain the unvoiced sound of the final consonant.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • O

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   • N

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   • C

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   • E

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