"once" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

once adverbio

verbo + once
Kolokacji: 762
once owned • once considered • once write • once describe • once belong • once house • once occupied • once remark • ...
once + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 61
once common • once popular • once famous • once daily • once great • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 18
(1) common, popular, familiar
Kolokacji: 3
(3) daily, weekly
Kolokacji: 2
(5) proud, full, high
Kolokacji: 3
1. once powerful = kiedyś potężny once powerful
2. once mighty = kiedyś potężny once mighty
3. once strong = kiedyś silny once strong
  • The invader was a tall man, at once strong and supple.
  • Of the 120 employees just released, the largest number, 25, came from Smith Barney's once strong municipal securities division.
  • A large part of the once 16,000 men strong division were taken as POWs.
  • His political ambitions, once strong, had burnt themselves out and he now watched carefully the progress of others.
  • This once strong and important ethnic Banat Swabian minority has now become quite small.
  • This once strong woman, the mistress of all she surveyed, suddenly looked like a tourist lost without her guidebook.
  • Both shows' ratings, once strong, have declined sharply over the last two seasons.
  • His hands were big, and his fingers at once strong and gentle.
  • That is especially true in this port city, where a once strong black community is in the midst of a cultural revival.
  • Burt was fiftyish, portly, with a body that had been strong once but now held more beer than muscle.
4. once all-powerful = kiedyś wszechpotężny once all-powerful
5. once invincible = kiedyś niezwyciężony once invincible
(9) prosperous, thriving, lucky
Kolokacji: 3
(11) unthinkable, unimaginable
Kolokacji: 2
(12) young, human
Kolokacji: 2
(13) airborne, high-flying
Kolokacji: 2
(14) synonymous, able, safe, loyal
Kolokacji: 4
(15) vibrant, white
Kolokacji: 2
(17) ubiquitous, present
Kolokacji: 2
(18) taboo, sacrosanct
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + once
Kolokacji: 7
to once • of once • with once • in once • at once • ...

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