once

About 198.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb One and only one time.

   I have only once eaten pizza.

2. adverb Formerly; during some period in the past.

   He was once the most handsome man around.

3. adverb At any time; ever.

   If the facts once became known, we'd be in trouble.

4. adverb One day, someday.
5. adverb Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.

   Once three is three.

6. conjunction As soon as; when; after.

   We'll get a move on once we find the damn car keys!

7. noun Obsolete form of ounce.

Similar words

onetime sometime when erstwhile past quondam formerly former at one time in one case

Often followed by

more again the a in you to and he

Word family

onces