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for a time

for a time adverb: for a relatively short period of time (in the past).

Adverb

for a time (not comparable)

  1. For a relatively short period of time (in the past).
    • My experience with Vorticella led me for a time into the false supposition that this sort of fungous disfiguration, which makes Self disagreeably larger, was most common to the female sex; […][1879], George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “[Impressions of Theophrastus Such.] Diseases of Small Authorship.”, in Impressions of Theophrastus Such, Essays and Leaves from a Note-book...

Questions about for a time

What does for a time mean?
For a time means for a relatively short period of time (in the past).
What part of speech is for a time?
For a time is an adverb.

Words near for a time in the dictionary

  1. for a minute
  2. for a song
  3. for a song and a dance
  4. for a song and dance
  5. for a start
  6. for a time
  7. for a while
  8. for Africa
  9. for all
  10. for all intended purposes
  11. for all intense and purposes

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