all at once

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːl ət ˈwʌn(t)s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔl ət ˈwʌn(t)s/, /ˌɑl ət ˈwʌn(t)s/

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Adverb

all at once (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Unexpectedly; without warning; all of a sudden.
   • 1815, William Wordsworth, The Daffodils:

     When all at once I saw a crowd, / A host, of golden daffodils

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: All at the same time; all together.

   There are too many to get in the lift all at once, so some must wait.

Translations

unexpectedly

• Czech: najednou (cs)
• French: soudain (fr), tout d’un coup (fr), d’un coup d’un seul (fr)
• Georgian: უეცრად (uecrad)
• Greek: μεμιάς (el) (memiás)

  Ancient: ἀθρόως (athróōs)

• Hungarian: hirtelen (hu), váratlanul (hu), egyszer csak, egyszerre csak
• Italian: tutto in una volta, d'un tratto, tutto d'un tratto
• Polish: znienacka (pl), nagle (pl), ni stąd ni zowąd
• Portuguese: do nada (pt), de repente (pt)
• Russian: вдруг (ru) (vdrug), внеза́пно (ru) (vnezápno), неожи́данно (ru) (neožídanno)

All at the same time, all together

• French: d’un seul coup (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀθρόον (athróon), παμπληθεί (pamplētheí)

• Hungarian: (mind/mindenki/mindnyájan) egyszerre
• Italian: in un sol colpo, nello stesso momento, in una sola volta
• Maori: petapeta
• Polish: wszystko naraz

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} ĉiuope