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one day en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:set phrase) At some unspecified time in the future.
    • One day I shall upgrade my software, but not just yet.
    • This was a voluntary charter flight, not an ICE enforcement operation. All participants were offered the same benefits as any illegal alien who self-deports using the CBP Home App. They received travel assistance, a $1,000 stipend, and preserved the possibility they could one day return to the United States legally. 2025 May 19, “Project Homecoming Charter Flight Brings Self-Deporters to Honduras, Colombia”, in Department of Homeland Security:
  2. At some unspecified time in the past.
    • One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
    • One day I was playing with a girl from my class.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one, day.
    • You can stay one day or two.

Antonyms

long ago · currently

Hypernyms

eventually · sometime

Synonyms

one of these fine days · one of these days · byembye · one of these days · later · once · later on · in the future · one day · hereafter · someday · some day · sooner or later

Translations (94)

pl pewnego dnia (at unspecified time in the future) · gd latha de na làithean (at unspecified time in the future) · fa-ira یِک روز (at unspecified time in the future) · eo iam (at unspecified time in the future) · tl balang-araw (at unspecified time in the future) · hu egy szép napon (at unspecified time in the past) · hu egy szép napon (at unspecified time in the future) · fa-ira یِکْروز (at unspecified time in the future) · be не́калі (at unspecified time in the future) · uk коли́сь (at unspecified time in the future) · ru одна́жды (at unspecified time in the future) · gd lath'-eigin (at unspecified time in the future) · nn ein gong (at unspecified time in the future) · sv en vacker dag (at unspecified time in the future) · fr un jour (at unspecified time in the past) · ro într-o zi (at unspecified time in the future) · ko 언젠가 (at unspecified time in the future) · pl kiedyś (at unspecified time in the past) · no en gang (at unspecified time in the future) · pt uma vez (at unspecified time in the past) · ru ка́к-то (at unspecified time in the past) · fi joskus (at unspecified time in the future) · enm ones (at unspecified time in the future) · ta ஒரு நால் (at unspecified time in the future) · cmn 一天 (at unspecified time in the future) · pt um dia (at unspecified time in the past) · fi jonakin päivänä (at unspecified time in the future) · mt jum fost l-oħrajn (at unspecified time in the past) · gd latha a bha seo (at unspecified time in the past) · cmn 有一天 (at unspecified time in the future) · be калі́-не́будзь (at unspecified time in the future) · ar مَرَّةً (at unspecified time in the future) · swb suku (at unspecified time in the past) · it una volta (at unspecified time in the past) · bn একদা (at unspecified time in the past) · ml ഒരു ദിവസം (at unspecified time in the past) · cmn 一天 (at unspecified time in the past) · enm enes (at unspecified time in the past) · ja いつか (at unspecified time in the future) · ja ある日 (at unspecified time in the past) · pl któregoś dnia (at unspecified time in the future) · el κάποτε (at unspecified time in the past) · ro într-o zi (at unspecified time in the past) · tl isang araw (at unspecified time in the past) · gmw-ecg aanstoochs (at unspecified time in the past) · hi एक दिन (at unspecified time in the future) · de eines Tages (at unspecified time in the past) · gmw-ecg aanstoochs (at unspecified time in the future) · mk еден ден (at unspecified time in the future) · ca un dia (at unspecified time in the future) · tr bir gün (at unspecified time in the future) · cs někdy (at unspecified time in the future) · hu majd valamikor (at unspecified time in the future) · de eines Tages (at unspecified time in the future) · la olim (at unspecified time in the past) · cmn 某一天 (at unspecified time in the future) · ml ഒരിക്കൽ (at unspecified time in the future) · pl kiedyś (at unspecified time in the future) · fi eräänä päivänä (at unspecified time in the past) · ko 하루는 (at unspecified time in the past) · es algún día (at unspecified time in the future) · bn একদিন (at unspecified time in the future) · ta பின்னால் (at unspecified time in the past) · gd latha de na làithean (at unspecified time in the past) · ru когда́-нибу́дь (at unspecified time in the future) · bn একদিন (at unspecified time in the past) · ko 어느 날 (at unspecified time in the past) · hu egy napon (at unspecified time in the future) · hu egy napon (at unspecified time in the past) · mt jum fost l-oħrajn (at unspecified time in the future) · enm ones (at unspecified time in the past) · uk коли́-не́будь (at unspecified time in the future) · sh jednoga dana (at unspecified time in the past) · ru когда́-то (at unspecified time in the future) · it un giorno o l'altro (at unspecified time in the future) · ar فِي يَوْمٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ (at unspecified time in the past) · no en dag (at unspecified time in the future) · pl pewnego dnia (at unspecified time in the past) · ru когда́-то (at unspecified time in the past) · hu egyszer (at unspecified time in the past) · el κάποια μέρα (at unspecified time in the future) · hu egyszer majd (at unspecified time in the future) · ml ഒരിക്കൽ (at unspecified time in the past) · cy undydd (at unspecified time in the past) · tr bir gün (at unspecified time in the past) · ar يَوْمًا (at unspecified time in the future) · ru одна́жды (at unspecified time in the past) · nn ein dag (at unspecified time in the future) · sk niekedy (at unspecified time in the future) · fr un jour (at unspecified time in the future) · ml ഒരു ദിവസം (at unspecified time in the future) · pt algum dia (at unspecified time in the future) · ka როდისმე (at unspecified time in the future) · la olim (at unspecified time in the future)