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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

all at once en · ADV

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɔːl ət ˈwʌn(t)s/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌɔl ət ˈwʌn(t)s/ (General-American)
  • /ˌɑl ət ˈwʌn(t)s/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Unexpectedly; without warning; all of a sudden.
    • I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
    • When all at once I saw a crowd, / A host, of golden daffodils 1815, William Wordsworth, The Daffodils:
  2. (not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: All at the same time; all together.
    • There are too many to get in the lift all at once, so some must wait.

Deriveds

allatonceness · all-at-once-ness

Translations (51)

it d'un tratto (unexpectedly) · fr d'un coup d'un seul (unexpectedly) · fi kerralla (All at the same time, all together) · grc ἀθρόως (unexpectedly) · fr d'un seul coup (All at the same time, all together) · ca alhora (All at the same time, all together) · pl ni stąd ni zowąd (unexpectedly) · grc παμπληθεί (All at the same time, all together) · grc ἀθρόον (All at the same time, all together) · ca de sobte sobtadament (unexpectedly) · ro dintr-o dată (unexpectedly) · pl wszystko naraz (All at the same time, all together) · pl nagle (unexpectedly) · ru внеза́пно (unexpectedly) · ro brusc (unexpectedly) · it tutto d'un tratto (unexpectedly) · vi trong nháy mắt (unexpectedly) · it tutto in una volta (unexpectedly) · nl plotseling (unexpectedly) · ka უეცრად (unexpectedly) · vi trong một nốt nhạc (unexpectedly) · pl znienacka (unexpectedly) · it in un sol colpo (All at the same time, all together) · sv med ens (unexpectedly) · mi petapeta (All at the same time, all together) · ro deodată (unexpectedly) · it nello stesso momento (All at the same time, all together) · fi yhtäkkiä (unexpectedly) · pt de repente (unexpectedly) · sv på samma gång (All at the same time, all together) · fr soudain (unexpectedly) · fr tout d'un coup (unexpectedly) · nl ineens (unexpectedly) · ja 一斉 (unexpectedly) · de auf einmal (unexpectedly) · hu (mind/mindenki/mindnyájan) egyszerre (All at the same time, all together) · hu váratlanul (unexpectedly) · it in una sola volta (All at the same time, all together) · el μεμιάς (unexpectedly) · nl opeens (unexpectedly) · eo subite (unexpectedly) · ru вдруг (unexpectedly) · sv (helt) plötsligt (unexpectedly) · hu egyszer csak (unexpectedly) · vi trong tích tắc (unexpectedly) · hu hirtelen (unexpectedly) · sv plötsligen (unexpectedly) · cs najednou (unexpectedly) · hu egyszerre csak (unexpectedly) · pt do nada (unexpectedly) · ru неожи́данно (unexpectedly)