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one-time

(wŭn′tīm′)

adj.

1. or one·time (wŭn′tīm′)

a. Occurring or undertaken only once: a one-time winner in 1995.

b. Having been in the past; former: asked his one-time classmates for help.

2. Sports Relating to or being a shot made from a pass that is not stopped prior to shooting.

tr.v. one·timed, one·tim·ing, one·times Sports

To shoot (a ball or puck) directly from a pass.

one′-tim′er n.

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one-time

adj

(prenominal) at some time in the past; former

adv

informal Caribbean at once

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one′-time`

or one′time`,

adj.

1. having been as specified at one time; former.

2. occurring, done, etc., only once.

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Adj.

one-time - belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

erstwhile, onetime, quondam, sometime, former, old

past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

one-time

adjective former, previous, prior, sometime, late, erstwhile, quondam, ci-devant (French), ex- She is a one-time member of the Ziegfeld Follies.

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Translations

one-time

[ˈwʌntaɪm] ADJ → antiguo, ex
one-time prime minister → ex primer ministro/a m/f
one-time butler to Lord Yaxley → antiguo mayordomo m de Lord Yaxley
the one-time revolutionary → el otrora revolucionario

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one-time

[ˈwʌnˌtaɪm] adj → ex inv

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