once
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for one single time
- I only ate sushi once in Japan.
- The bus comes once an hour.
- She called me once but never again.
- We meet once a year for reunion.
- He slipped once on the ice but caught himself.
Synonyms:
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at a time in the past
- I once visited that museum when I was a child.
- She once lived in New York before moving here.
- He once worked as a teacher but switched careers later.
- We once went on a trip to Italy together.
- They once had a dog, but it passed away last year.
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used to indicate one generation of separation in family trees
- My once-removed cousin is my dad's first cousin.
- She's my aunt once removed, my grandmother's sister.
- We're first cousins once removed.
- His once-removed uncle inherited the estate.
- Are we cousins or once removed?