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one-time en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a specific period of time in the past, not extending to the present.
    • Has the one-time wonder fuel become the new asbestos – not to say mustard gas? 2017 April 13, Adam Forrest, “The death of diesel: has the one-time wonder fuel become the new asbestos?”, in The Guardian:
    • The old Ramsgate Harbour station of the one-time South Eastern Railway was a case in point, as also the stations in the Isle of Wight that you name, such as Ventnor West. 1945 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: Station Turntables”, in Railway Magazine, page 241, reply to J. A. Drew:
    • Pollyanna never doubted now that John Pendleton was her Aunt Polly's one-time lover; […] 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 18, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
    • His one-time investment in a brickyard had put the idea into his head—an idea that he decided was a good one, for it enabled him to suggest that she ride along with him to inspect the quarry. 1910, Jack London, chapter XIII, in Burning Daylight:
    • He was the one-time president of the club.
  2. (not-comparable) Occurring or used in a single instance and then never again.
    • one-time charge/payment
    • Even if an attacker manages to intercept a one-time password, that password has already been used and is no longer usable to authenticate. 2007, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, Wiley, →ISBN:
    • He was an eloquent speaker, and his slip of the tongue was a one-time error.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
onetime alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

one-time pad · OTP

Synonyms

past · precedent · previous · erstwhile · sometime · antecedent · old · former · sometime · earlier · whilom · hitherto · anterior · past · quondam · preceding · one-off · foregone · former · prior · ex · olden · used-to-be

Translations (21)

de einmalig (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · bg еднократен (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · pl jednorazowy (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · uk однокра́тний (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · be аднаразо́вы (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · eo unufoja (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · pl jednokrotny (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · el πρώην (of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile) · hu egykori (of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile) · eo iama (of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile) · ru однокра́тный (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · fi ainutkertainen (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · fi entinen (of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile) · hu egyszeri (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · bg някогашен (of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile) · de ehemalig (of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile) · de einstig (of or pertaining to a specific time in the past — see also former, erstwhile) · uk однора́зо́вий (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · cs jednorázový (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · ka ერთჯერადი (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off) · el εφάπαξ (occurring only on one occasion — see also one-off)

one-time en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, slang) The police.
    • Ayo, it's Hell on Earth Whose necks are gonna be first? The projects is front line And the enemy is one-time I ain't gotta tell you It's right in front of your eyes 1996, Mobb Deep, “Front Lines (Hell on Earth)”, in Hell on Earth:

Forms

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the one-time canonical lexicographic

one-time en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To shoot (the ball or puck) directly from a teammate's pass.
    • Basel's good moment continued, and in stoppage time of the first half, Streller released Salah with a clever pass down the middle and the young Egyptian one-timed the ball over Čech. 2013 May 3, Werner Pichler, “Europa League 2012/13, Semifinal, 2nd Leg (R)”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet):

Forms

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one-timed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
one-timed Tense=Past lexicographic
one-times Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
one-timing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

one-timer