at that time en · ADP
Meanings
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At the time referred to (by the present discussion), which is in the past for many discussions but is in the future for others.
[T]he traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region, such as Warwickshire at that time was, is usually exact as well as tenacious
1850, Thomas De Quincey, “Shakspeare”, in Biographical Essays, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 4:You have to remember that this database field is asking for your best estimate of what the exchange rate will be at that time — not today's exchange rate.
At that time, the interior was choaked up with rubbish, several feet above the present surface, and overspread with ashlings, alders, and trees, the growth of such situations, to a very considerable height.
1806, Charles Heath, Monmouthshire:At that time it was thought that the critical section, in which an irruption of water from the river was to be feared, lay under the Shoots, but this proved not to be the case.
1948 September and October, “Weekend Works in the Severn Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 299:You have to keep in mind that there were no computers at that time.
Near-synonym: at the time (often synonymous depending on the timeline of recounting)
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at the moment · back then · back in the day · at present · now
Synonyms
Translations (15)
fr à l'époque (back then — see also at the time, back then) · ca en el seu moment (back then — see also at the time, back then) · el τότε (back then — see also at the time, back then) · got 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (back then — see also at the time, back then) · sv på den tiden (back then — see also at the time, back then) · es en aquel entonces (back then — see also at the time, back then) · pl wówczas (back then — see also at the time, back then) · ast daquella (back then — see also at the time, back then) · fi silloin (back then — see also at the time, back then) · es en ese entonces (back then — see also at the time, back then) · pdt donn (nds) (back then — see also at the time, back then) · taa exwde'onh (back then — see also at the time, back then) · mhr саде жапыште (back then — see also at the time, back then) · ast desa (back then — see also at the time, back then) · bg по онова време (back then — see also at the time, back then)