Is the word once a noun

English[edit]

English numbers ^(edit)

	10
		1	2  → [a], [b]	10  →
Cardinal: one     Ordinal: first     Latinate ordinal: primary     Adverbial: one time, once     Multiplier: onefold     Latinate multiplier: single     Distributive: singly     Collective: onesome     Multiuse collective: singlet     Greek or Latinate collective: monad     Greek collective prefix: mono-     Latinate collective prefix: uni-     Fractional: whole     Elemental: singlet     Greek prefix: proto-     Number of musicians: solo     Number of years: year

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes, a remodelling (after ān (“one”)) of ǣnes, itself an extension of ǣne (“once”) with the genitival suffix -es. Compare Old Saxon ēnes (“once”), Old High German eines, einēst (“once”), modern German einst (“once”). More at one (including regarding the development of the pronunciation) and -s.

Pronunciation[edit]

• enPR: wŭn(t)s, IPA^(key): /wʌn(t)s/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /wʌn(t)s/, /wɒn(t)s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /wʌn(t)s/
• Rhymes: -ʌns

Adverb[edit]

once (not comparable)

1. (frequency) One and only one time.

   I have only once eaten pizza.

2. (temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.

   He was once the most handsome man around.

   I once had a bicycle just like that one.

   Wang notes that flowers have rooted and grow in the area once covered with ice.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.

   • 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:

     The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.

   • 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama’s once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:

     Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don’t know and will never meet.

3. (chiefly obsolete) At any time; ever.

   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

     The wisdom of God thought fit to acquaint David with that court which we shall once govern.

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

4. (obsolete) One day, someday.
5. (mathematics) Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.

   Once three is three.

Synonyms[edit]

• (one time): See Thesaurus:once
• (formerly): See Thesaurus:formerly

Coordinate terms[edit]

• (one time): twice, thrice, often, never, seldom
• (formerly): yesterday, tomorrow

Derived terms[edit]

• Christmas comes but once a year
• once-in-a-lifetime

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

• at once
• once again, once more
• once and for all
• once in a blue moon
• once in a while
• once removed
• once upon a time

Conjunction[edit]

once

1. As soon as; when; after.

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

   Once you have obtained the elven bow, return to the troll bridge and trade it for the sleeping potion.

   Once he is married, he will be able to claim the inheritance.

   • 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 — 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Not only were Jupp Heynckes’ team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.

   • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:

     In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

once (plural onces)

1. Obsolete form of ounce.

Anagrams[edit]

• Coen, Cone, Econ., Noce, ceno-, coen-, cone, cœn-, econ, econ.

Aragonese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• onze

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ūndecim.

Numeral[edit]

once

1. eleven

Asturian[edit]

Asturian cardinal numbers

<  10	11	12  >
Cardinal : once     Ordinal : decimoprimeru

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ūndecim.

Numeral[edit]

once (indeclinable)

1. eleven

Derived terms[edit]

• oncenu

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃s/

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin uncia.

Noun[edit]

once f (plural onces)

1. ounce (avoirdupois ounce)
2. (figuratively, by extension) a little bit

Descendants[edit]

• → Turkish: ons

Etymology 2[edit]

From a rebracketing of Old French lonce which became l’once (la + once), itself from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), or possibly borrowed from Italian lonza.

Noun[edit]

once f (plural onces)

1. snow leopard

Further reading[edit]

• “once”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams[edit]

• cône, noce

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin uncia.

Noun[edit]

once f (plural oncis)

1. ounce

Galician[edit]

Galician cardinal numbers

<  10	11	12  >
Cardinal : once     Ordinal : undécimo

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese onze, from Latin ūndecim.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /onθɪ/

Numeral[edit]

once (indeclinable)

1. eleven

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

once f

1. plural of oncia

Anagrams[edit]

• Ceno, Noce, ceno, ceno-, cenò, noce, ocne

Middle English[edit]

Adverb[edit]

once

1. Alternative form of ones

Spanish[edit]

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

←  10	11	12  →
Cardinal: once     Ordinal: undécimo, decimoprimero, décimo primero     Apocopated ordinal: decimoprimer, décimo primer     Ordinal abbreviation: 11.º     Multiplier: undécuplo     Fractional: onceavo, undécimo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 11

Alternative forms[edit]

• onze (obsolete)

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈonθe/ [ˈõn̟.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈonse/ [ˈõn.se]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -onθe
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -onse
• Syllabification: on‧ce

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Spanish onze, ondze, from Latin ūndecim.

Numeral[edit]

once

1. eleven

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• → Cebuano: onse
• → Tagalog: onse

Etymology 2[edit]

Snacks were typically taken at 11 am.

Noun[edit]

once f pl (plural only)

1. (Latin America) elevenses, snack (bread with tea or coffee)

   tomar las once ― have elevenses

Further reading[edit]

• “once”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Recent Examples on the Web

The track required six people’s hands on the mixing board at once: Parsons, assistant engineer Peter James, and every member of Pink Floyd. 4.


—Al Shipley, SPIN, 24 Mar. 2023




In this Southampton garden, a playful oversized lattice pattern feels fresh and timeless all at once.


—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023




Kansas State will once again barrel through as long as Nowell’s ankle is okay.


—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023




The pavilion, which once housed the mansion’s gift shop and main entrance, has been closed to the public since summer 2022 due to safety concerns.


—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023




Soon after, the family grew once again with the birth of Reese and Jim’s first child, Tennessee James Toth, on September 27, 2012.


—Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 24 Mar. 2023




In practice, this looks like eliminating single-use plastics, composting, donating excess food and materials once wrapped and reducing emissions with regard to the fuel and energy categories.


—Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023




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—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023




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—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2023

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—Thomas Adamson, ajc, 2 Mar. 2023




Continuing, Belloni pointed out that internal company data apparently suggests that stretching out the release cadence of Netflix shows to a weekly rollout, instead of an all-at-once drop, won’t meaningfully reduce subscriber churn.


—Andy Meek, BGR, 10 Sep. 2022




Taylor is a once in a generation artist and storyteller.


—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Dec. 2022




Our memories of these spaces are bound up in their blaring, everywhere-at-once noise.


—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2022




And on Friday, multiple blogs and news sites declared an even bigger change is coming: A larger, maybe even a complete, shift away from the all-at-once-release of Netflix shows.


—Andy Meek, BGR, 10 Sep. 2022




One similarity between the Orca and an EV is the all-at-once, better-be-ready throttle response.


—Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 July 2022




The platform on at least two occasions has blocked Raichik’s ability to tweet — once for 12 hours in April, and then again for a week in a sanction that ends Saturday.


—Taylor Lorenz, Elizabeth Dwoskin And Peter Jamison, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2022




The Chabad of Glencoe event celebrated what was a once in a lifetime opportunity for many to witness the completion of an inked Torah scroll.


—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022

In the three months since its inauguration, Netanyahu’s government — cobbled together with once-fringe ultranationalist and ultraconservative religious parties — has led to a period of national division and security crisis, defense officials say.


—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023




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The once queen of Instagram is back.


—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Jan. 2023




The once-rockstar software developer, instead of coding, spends the day managing the minutiae of the daily workflow.


—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023




Elsewhere: Goldman Sachs is considering shrinking its consumer business, as the Wall Street giant all but admits defeat on its once-grand plans for expansive Main Street offerings.


—Wsj Staff, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023




Goldman Sachs Chief Executive David Solomon all but admitted defeat on Tuesday on the bank’s once-grand plans for expansive Main Street offerings.


—Heard Editors, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023




In recent years, a once-fringe theory — dubbed the Big Bounce — has gained traction in cosmological circles.


—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023




The once symbol of American manufacturing has struggled in recent years and has sold off parts of its business to try and stabilize its operations.


—Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021


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Britannica Dictionary definition of ONCE

Britannica Dictionary definition of ONCE

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Britannica Dictionary definition of ONCE

[wʌn(t)s]
1. нареч.

1) один раз; раз, разок; единожды, однажды

once a day / month / year — раз в день / месяц / год

once in a lifetime — раз в жизни; один раз за всю жизнь

more than once — не раз, неоднократно

— never once
— not once
— once again
— once more
— once in a while
— all at once
— once and again
— once or more

2) когда-то, некогда; однажды

once upon a time, there was once — жил-был, жил да был… ; дела давно минувших дней

So runs this once-upon-a-time in my memory. — Вот проносятся в моей памяти воспоминания о былом.

I was very much in love with her once. — Я когда-то очень любил её.

He once told me where to go. — Однажды он сказал мне, куда идти.

Syn:

Britons and Saxons shall be once one people. — Бритты и саксы однажды станут единым народом.

You may be once old as I am. — Когда-нибудь и тебе будет столько лет, сколько мне.

Once I’m going to be there. — Когда-нибудь я туда попаду.

4)

Once-popular composers drop out of favour. — Некогда популярные сочинители предаются забвению.

The once-beautiful eyes, already dark with death. — Эти глаза, когда-то столь прекрасные, уже покрыты тенью смерти.

— once-off
— once-only

Well, sit down once. — Садись же.

Give me the knife once. — Дай-ка ножик.

Come here once! — Подойди-ка!

••

once too often — одного раза больше чем достаточно

once over lightly — мельком, быстро, поверхностно

once in a blue moon — после дождичка в четверг; крайне редко

once a liar, always a liar — единожды солгав, будет лгать всегда

A man can die but once. посл. — Двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать.

Once bit, twice shy. посл. — На молоке обжёгся — на воду дует.

— once and for all
2. сущ.

один раз

for once — на этот раз, в виде исключения

once is enough — одного раза вполне достаточно

He had to do it but this once. — На этот раз ему пришлось это сделать.

3. прил.

прежний, бывший; давний

my once husband — мой бывший муж

Syn:

4. ; = once that

if / when once — стоит лишь…

(If) once you speak you are dead. — Скажи хоть слово, и ты умрёшь.

When once she asks I’d do anything. — Стоит ей только попросить, и я сделаю всё.

I never once lied to you. — Я никогда не лгал вам.