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at that time

at that time prepositional phrase: at the time referred to (by the present discussion), which is in the past for many discussions but is in the future for others.

Prepositional phrase

  1. At the time referred to (by the present discussion), which is in the past for many discussions but is in the future for others.
    • Near-synonym: at the time (often synonymous depending on the timeline of recounting)
    • You have to keep in mind that there were no computers at that time.
    Synonyms:
    at the time

at that time meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Kannada and Punjabi

at that time in Hindi

at that time, back then
तब tab

at that time in Bengali

at that time, then
তদানীং todaniṅ

at that time in Kannada

ಆಗ, ಅಂದು, ಅನ್ನ, ಅನ್ನೆ, ಆಗಡು, ಆಗಲ್

at that time in Punjabi

at that time, back then
ਤਦ tad
More languagesFewer languages
at that time in Gujarati
ત્યારે tyārě
at that time in Sanskrit
अमुर्हि amúrhi

Examples of at that time in a sentence

  • You have to remember that this database field is asking for your best estimate of what the exchange rate will be at that time — not today's exchange rate.
  • [T]he traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region, such as Warwickshire at that time was, is usually exact as well as tenacious1850, Thomas De Quincey, “Shakspeare”, in Biographical Essays, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 4:
  • At that time it was thought that the critical section, in which an irruption of water from the river was to be feared, lay under the Shoots, but this proved not to be the case.1948 September and October, “Weekend Works in the Severn Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 299:

Synonyms of at that time

Questions about at that time

What does at that time mean?
At that time means at the time referred to (by the present discussion), which is in the past for many discussions but is in the future for others.
What is at that time in Hindi?
At that time in Hindi is तब (tab). See At that time meaning in Hindi.
How do you use at that time in a sentence?
You have to remember that this database field is asking for your best estimate of what the exchange rate will be at that time — not today's exchange rate.
What part of speech is at that time?
At that time is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at that time in the dictionary

  1. at symbols
  2. At Ta'if
  3. at table
  4. at ten and two
  5. at that
  6. at that time
  7. at the bank
  8. at the best
  9. at the best of times
  10. at the bottom of
  11. at the bottom of the pile

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: at that time (page history and authors); तब (Hindi) (page history and authors); তদানীং (Bengali) (page history and authors); at that time (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਤਦ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ત્યારે (Gujarati) (page history and authors); अमुर्हि (Sanskrit) (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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