Definition of onze
1. once [ r ] on one occasion
Examples:
"once I ran into her"
(Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)
One such man once confided to Dr._Theodor_Reik , New_York psychiatrist , that he preferred to have his wife the sexual aggressor .
`` Grandma was n't expected to like it '' , Dr._Marion_Hilliard , the late Toronto gynecologist , once summed_up the attitude of the ' 90 s .
(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)
Once , after the Discovery lay for a week in rough weather , Hudson ordered the anchor raised before the sea had calmed .
(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)
The Hawaiian_Islands are struck severely an average of once every 25 years .
(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)
Once I had a religious emotion .
Synonyms once in_one_case one_time2. once [ r ] as soon as
Examples:
"once we are home, we can rest"
(The Dallas Morning News,...)
`` Once you get the feel of it , there 's not much to it .
(The New York Times,...)
A big-league municipal stadium at Flushing_Meadow_Park is in_the_works , and once the lease is signed the local club will be formally recognized by Commissioner_Ford_C._Frick .
(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)
Once you become an avocado fan , you will look_forward to the season each_year with eager anticipation .
(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)
Once she has made_up_her_mind , the queen starts_out by constructing , in her chosen abode , a small `` floor '' of dried grass or some woolly material .
(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)
It did not serve to contrast the existing order of society with a possible alternative order , because the age of innocence was not a possible alternative once man had sinned .
Synonyms when once3. once [ r ] at a previous time
Examples:
"once he loved her"
"her erstwhile writing"
(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)
The apparatus used by gymnasts was once a common sight in American gyms , but about 1930 it was in_favor_of games .
(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)
Poor where they had once been rich , humbled where they had been arrogant , having no_longer any hope of sharing_in the leadership of the nation , the rebels who would not surrender in spirit drew comfort from the sympathy they felt extended to them by the mother_country .
(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)
We are not now afraid of atomic_bombs in the same way that people once feared comets .
They are in_general those fears that once seemed to have been amenable to prayer or ritual .
(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)
He was a loud-voiced man , once vigorous but for many years now declining in strength and ability .
Synonyms once formerly erst erstwhile at_one_time4. once [ a ] belonging to some prior time
Examples:
"erstwhile friend"
"our former glory"
"the once capital of the state"
"her quondam lover"
(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)
The idea had come from Herold , who had once been a chemist 's clerk .
Before Payne loomed the Old_Clubhouse , Seward 's home , where Key had once been killed .
(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)
The thin legs twitched convulsively once , then Kate felt the little body stiffening in her arms and heard one strangled sound .
Synonyms former once onetime quondam sometime erstwhile Related Terms pastSimilar Spelling
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