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all at once

UK/ˌɔːl ət ˈwʌn(t)s/US/ˌɔl ət ˈwʌn(t)s/

all at once adverb: unexpectedly; without warning; all of a sudden.

Adverb

all at once (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Unexpectedly; without warning; all of a sudden.
    • When all at once I saw a crowd, / A host, of golden daffodils1815, William Wordsworth, The Daffodils
    • I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: All at the same time; all together.
    • There are too many to get in the lift all at once, so some must wait.

all at once meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada

all at once in Tamil

திடீரென்று, திடுமென

all at once in Urdu

ایک دم

all at once in Telugu

all at once, swiftly
దడదడ daḍadaḍa
all at once, suddenly
చివ్వున civvuna

all at once in Kannada

ಥಟ್ಟನೆ, ತಬಕ್ಕನೆ, ಗಬಕ್ಕನೆ
More languagesFewer languages
all at once in Vietnamese
trong nháy mắt, trong một nốt nhạc, trong tích tắc

Words formed from all at once

  • allatonceness
  • all-at-once-ness

Questions about all at once

What does all at once mean?
All at once means unexpectedly; without warning; all of a sudden.
What is all at once in Tamil?
All at once in Tamil is திடீரென்று, திடுமென. See All at once meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is all at once?
All at once is an adverb.
How do you pronounce all at once?
All at once is pronounced /ˌɔːl ət ˈwʌn(t)s/ (UK).

Words near all at once in the dictionary

  1. all and some
  2. all and sundry
  3. all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
  4. all around
  5. all as one
  6. all at once
  7. all bark and no bite
  8. all bark but no bite
  9. all bark no bite
  10. all bedlam breaks loose
  11. all bedlam broke loose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: all at once (page history and authors); all at once (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); all at once (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చివ్వున (Telugu) (page history and authors); all at once (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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