one-time

See also: onetime

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EnglishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

one-time (not comparable)

1. (Britain) Of or pertaining to a specific time in the past.

   He was the one-time president of the club.

2. (Britain) Occurring only on one occasion.

   He was an eloquent speaker, and his slip of the tongue was a one-time error.

Alternative formsEdit

• onetime (chiefly US)

SynonymsEdit

• (of a specific time in the past): former, past

TranslationsEdit

of or pertaining to a specific time in the past

• Esperanto: iama
• German: ehemalig (de)

• Hungarian: egykori (hu)

occurring only on one occasion

• Czech: jednorázový (cs)
• Esperanto: unufoja
• Finnish: ainutkertainen (fi)

• German: einmalig (de)
• Hungarian: egyszeri (hu)

VerbEdit

one-time (third-person singular simple present one-times, present participle one-timing, simple past and past participle one-timed)

1. (soccer, ice hockey) To shoot (the ball or puck) directly from a teammate's pass.
   • 2013 May 3, Werner Pichler, “Europa League 2012/13, Semifinal, 2nd Leg (R)”, in rec.sport.soccer, Usenet^[1]:

     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.

Related termsEdit

• one-timer

NounEdit

one-time (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) The police.

Further readingEdit

• one-time at OneLook Dictionary Search

AnagramsEdit

• temenoi