adverb
- On one occasion.
- usage: "once I ran into her"
- synonyms: one time, in one case
- As soon as.
- usage: "once we are home, we can rest"
- At a previous time.
- usage: "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";
- synonyms: formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst
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