Meaning

3 senses
  1. In a single, continuous period of time.

    He manages to abstain from smoking for weeks at a time, but then gives in and starts again.

  2. Simultaneously at each occurrence (of some action).

    climb stairs two at a time

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

    We can't buy a new car at a time when we are already running low on money.

Examples

3160 sentences
  1. I arrived at school on time.

    Я прийшла до школи вчасно. — Ahha

    ruЯ пришла в школу вовремя. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch kam rechtzeitig zur Schule. — Zaghawa

  2. I wasn't married at that time.

    Я тоді не була заміжня. — deniko

    ruЯ тогда не был женат. — odexed

    deIch war zu dieser Zeit noch nicht verheiratet. — wolfgangth

  3. I was married at that time.

    Тоді я був одруженим. — tikan0

    ruВ то время я был женат. — marafon

    deDamals war ich verheiratet. — Djabby

  4. I wasn't there at that time.

    Мене тоді там не було. — deniko

    ruМеня там тогда не было. — marafon

  5. Tom was asleep at that time.

    Том у той час спав. — deniko

    ruТом тогда спал. — marafon

Translations

5 languages

Synonyms

7 synonyms
in a single, continuous period of time:in a rowat a stretch
simultaneously at each occurrence:at once

Antonyms

6 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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