one-time
See also: onetime
English
Pronunciation
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Adjective
one-time (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a specific time in the past.
- Synonyms: former, past, sometime; see also Thesaurus:former
- He was the one-time president of the club.
- 1910, Jack London, chapter XIII, in Burning Daylight[1]:
- His one-time investment in a brickyard had put the idea into his head—an idea that he decided was a good one, for it enabled him to suggest that she ride along with him to inspect the quarry.
- 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter XVIII, in Pollyanna:
- Pollyanna never doubted now that John Pendleton was her Aunt Polly's one-time lover; […]
- 2017 April 13, Adam Forrest, “The death of diesel: has the one-time wonder fuel become the new asbestos?”, in The Guardian[2]:
- Has the one-time wonder fuel become the new asbestos – not to say mustard gas?
- Occurring or used in a single instance and then never again.
- Synonym: one-off
- one-time charge/payment
- He was an eloquent speaker, and his slip of the tongue was a one-time error.
Derived terms
- one-time pad
- OTP (“one-time password”)
Alternative forms
Translations
of or pertaining to a specific time in the past
occurring only on one occasion
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Verb
one-time (third-person singular simple present one-times, present participle one-timing, simple past and past participle one-timed)
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Noun
Further reading
- “one-time”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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