one at a time

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

Adverb

one at a time (not comparable)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one,‎ at a time.

   He ate the peas on his plate one at a time.

   One at a time, please! I can't hear you if you all talk at once.

Synonyms

• (individually): individually, separately

Antonyms

• (individually): at the same time, collectively, en masse, in a group, jointly, simultaneously, together

Derived terms

• one day at a time
• one step at a time

Translations

individually

• Dutch: een voor een, een tegelijk
• Esperanto: unuope (eo)
• French: un par un (fr)
• Japanese: 一個ずつ (ikko zutsu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kotiri (to come or go individually)
• Portuguese: um de cada vez m, uma de cada vez f
• Russian: по одному́ (po odnomú)
• Spanish: uno por vez m, una por vez f
• Swedish: en åt gången, en i taget