one at a time

English

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Adverb

one at a time (not comparable)
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one,‎ at a time.

1. During sequentially discrete instances.

   He ate the peas on his plate one at a time.

   One at a time, please! I can't hear you if you all talk at once.

Synonyms

• (individually): individually, separately

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "individually"): at the same time, collectively, en masse, in a group, jointly, simultaneously, together

Derived terms

• one day at a time
• one step at a time

Translations

individually

• Azerbaijani: bir-bir, təkbətək
• Dutch: een voor een, een tegelijk
• Esperanto: unuope (eo)
• French: un par un (fr)
• German: einer nach dem anderen m, eine nach der anderen f, eins nach dem anderen n
• Hungarian: egyenként (hu), egyesével (hu)
• Japanese: 一個ずつ (ikko zutsu)
• Maori: kōtiri (to come or go individually)
• Polish: pojedynczo (pl)
• Portuguese: um de cada vez m, uma de cada vez f
• Romanian: unul câte unul
• Russian: по одному́ (po odnomú), поодино́чке (ru) (poodinóčke)
• Spanish: uno por vez m, una por vez f
• Swedish: en åt gången, en i taget
• Welsh: fesul un