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one after another en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Dates back at least to Old English ān æfter ōþrum, of the same meaning.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) In single file.
2. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Individually, in a particular sequence or chronology.
3. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Unrelentingly.
   • Once discipline broke down, problems came one after another.

Forms

Relateds

if it's not one thing it's another · one another · one thing after another

Synonyms

one by one (in single file) · one at a time (individually, in sequence or chronology)

Translations (34)

cmn 紛紛 /纷纷 (in single file) · pl jeden po drugim (in single file) · ja 次々 (in single file) · la deinceps (in single file) · es una detrás de otra (in single file) · aeb وِاحِد ورَا وِاحِد (in single file) · hu egymás után (in single file) · ja 相次いで (in single file) · grc ἄλλος δι’ ἄλλου (in single file) · hu sorjában (in single file) · ja 続々 (in single file) · ru оди́н за други́м (in single file) · te ఒకటొకటిగా (in single file) · eo unu post la alia (in single file) · es uno después del otro (in single file) · es uno detrás de otro (in single file) · hu sorban (in single file) · de nacheinander (in single file) · fi yksi toisensa jälkeen (in single file) · ga as a chéile (in single file) · it uno dopo l'altro (in single file) · he בַּזֶּה אֲחַר זֶה (in single file) · cmn 先後 /先后 (in single file) · izh peräjälkiä (in single file) · fr l'un après l'autre (in single file) · el αράδα (in single file) · grc ἑξῆς (in single file) · es uno tras otro (in single file) · izh perätystee (in single file) · hu egyik a másik után (in single file) · pl jeden za drugim (in single file) · ang ān æfter ōþrum (in single file) · ar وَاحِدًا تِلْوَ الآخَرِ (in single file) · nl de een na de ander (in single file)