Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)At the same time; simultaneously; together.

    Can you pat your head and rub your belly at once? He tried to eat four cookies at once.

    auf einmal, gleichzeitig

    одновре́менноodnovrémenno, одновреме́нноodnovreménno, вме́стеvméste

    simultaneously

  2. (not comparable)Immediately; now; right away.

    Tell the doctor to come at once. She is having a baby.

    sofort, unverzüglich

    сра́зуsrázu, неме́дленноnemédlenno, сейча́с жеsejčás že

    відра́зуvidrázu, за́разzáraz

  3. (not comparable, obsolete)In one group; together.

Examples

875 sentences
  1. We have to start at once.

    Ми маємо розпочати просто зараз. — deniko

    ruМы должны начать немедленно. — marafon

    deWir müssen sofort anfangen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. They must come here at once.

    Вони повинні прийти сюди негайно. — deniko

    ruОни должны немедленно сюда прийти. — marafon

  3. You're to do it at once.

    Ти повинен зробити це одразу. — uaspeaker

  4. All at once they began to laugh.

    Раптом вони почали сміятися. — deniko

  5. He says he will come at once.

    Він сказав, що прийде одразу. — marko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
immediately:
Русский
By meaning 3
at the same time:
together:
immediately:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
at the same time:
immediately:

Origin

From Middle English at ones, equivalent to at + once.

From Middle English at ones, equivalent to at + once.

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Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
at once — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto