ONCE UPON A TIME

Meaning of ONCE UPON A TIME in English

used, especially at the beginning of stories, to mean 'a long time in the past' :

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ONCE UPON A TIME — phrasal : once at some indefinite time in the past usually long ago had once upon a time known them …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONCE UPON A TIME — one time a very long time ago (opening of many popular fairy tales)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ONCE UPON A TIME — at some time in the past. → once
Concise Oxford English vocab
ONCE UPON A TIME — {adv. phr.} Sometime before now, long ago. * /Once upon a time she was thought to be the most talented …
Slang English vocab
ONCE UPON A TIME — {adv. phr.} Sometime before now, long ago. * /Once upon a time she was thought to be the most talented …
Словарь английских идиом
ONCE UPON A TIME — a long time ago, at one time Once upon a time, there was a king named Arthur...
English Idioms vocabulary
ONCE UPON A TIME — adv. phr. Sometime before now, long ago. Once upon a time she was thought to be the most talented actress …
American Idioms English vocabulary
ONCE UPON A TIME — однажды
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONCE UPON A TIME — Когда-то
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ONCE UPON A TIME — жил-был
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ONCE UPON A TIME — жил-был
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ONCE UPON A TIME — когда-то; давным-давно
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
ONCE UPON A TIME — когда-то; давным-давно
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
ONCE UPON A TIME — однажды
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIME
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPON — sur; concernent(e), pri. IMMEDIATELY ~: che, a
English interlingue dictionary
UPON — diha
English-Visayan vocabulary
UPON — I. preposition Date: 12th century on , II. adverb Date: 13th century on the surface ; on it, thereafter , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPON — I. ə|pȯn, ə|pän, ə(|)pən sometimes ˌə|p- preposition Etymology: Middle English uppon, upon, from uppe & up up + on, preposition …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIME — I. ˈtīm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English time, tyme, from Old English tīma, tȳma; akin to Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONCE — I. ˈwən(t)s adverb Etymology: Middle English ones, anes, from gen. of on, an one — more at one 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPON — (prep.) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Английский словарь Webster
UPON — ( prep. ) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — /euh pon", euh pawn"/ , prep. 1. up and on; upward so as to get or be on: He climbed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIME — /tuym/ , n., adj., v., timed, timing . n. 1. the system of those sequential relations that any event has …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONCE — /wuns/ , adv. 1. at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — prep. on, atop
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPON — I. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän preposition Date: 12th century : on II. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän adverb Date: 13th century 1. obsolete : on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONCE — I. ˈwən(t)s adverb Etymology: Middle English ones, from genitive of on one Date: 12th century 1. : one time and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPON — prep on; used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster English vocab
ONCE — adv at some one period of time; used indefinitely. 2. once ·adv by limitation to the number one; for …
Webster English vocab
UPON — ■ preposition more formal term for on . Origin ME: from up + on , suggested by ON upp á …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ONCE — [once] adv [ME ones, fr. gen. of on one] (12c) 1: one time and no more 2: at any one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIME
Britannica English vocabulary
UPON — upon BrE AmE ə ˈpɒn AmE \ ə ˈpɑːn -ˈpɔːn —There is also an occasional weak form əp ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPON — / əˈpɒn; NAmE əˈpɑːn/ preposition 1. ( formal , especially BrE ) = on : The decision was based upon …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIME — / taɪm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun —see also times MINUTES / HOURS / YEARS, etc. 1. [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONCE — / wʌns; NAmE / adverb , conjunction ■ adverb 1. on one occasion only; one time : I've only been …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — up ‧ on S2 W1 /əˈpɒn $ əˈpɑːn/ BrE AmE preposition formal [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: up + on …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIME — I. time 1 S1 W1 /taɪm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ time , ↑ overtime , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONCE — I. once 1 S1 W1 /wʌns/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: one ] 1 . on one …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIME — n. & v. --n. 1 the indefinite continued progress of existence, events, etc., in past, present, and future regarded as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. --adv. 1 on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIME — n. & v. n. 1 the indefinite continued progress of existence, events, etc., in past, present, and future regarded as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. adv. 1 on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIME — n. & v. --n. 1. the indefinite continued progress of existence, events, etc., in past, present, and future regarded as …
Oxford English vocab
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. --adv. 1. on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Oxford English vocab
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIME — ( times, timing, timed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Time is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONCE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something happens once , it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ONCE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something happens ~, it happens …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPON — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES border on/upon obsession (= be almost as extreme as an obsession ) ▪ Sometimes his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONCE — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES once again/yet again (= used to emphasize that something has happened several or many …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPON — preposition [slightly formal] - onThere was nothing upon the table but a few old plates.Upon her head she wore a …
Cambridge English vocab
ONCE — (ONE TIME) [adverb] [not gradable] - one single timeI went to France once, but I didn't like it very much.We …
Cambridge English vocab
UPON — Synonyms and related words : about, above, after which, against, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — Synonyms and related words : alone, already, ancient, anytime, anyway, anywise, apart, at a stroke, at all, at any time, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — See: AT ONCE, EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
Slang English vocab
ONCE — adv. at once once and again once more
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
UPON — • ↑ on/upon receipt of
Longman Activator English vocab
TIME — INDEX: what time is it? 1. when you ask what time it is 2. ways of saying what time it …
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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