Former and One time

Former

Former adjective - Having been such at some previous time.

One time and former are semantically related In some cases you can use "One time" instead an adjective "Former".

Nearby Word: formerly

One time

One time adverb - On one occasion.

Former and one time are semantically related in earlier topic. You can use "Former" instead an adjective phrase "One time", if it concerns topics such as previous, in the past.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Wrestling / Triple H One time though, it was actually averted when he found himself in a Survivor Series team in which his teammates were former rivals of his and all of them reminded him of their previous feuds.
  • Beware The Nice Ones / Anime There was also one time in which she completely lost her mind when she was granted freedom and nearly killed her former master, until he agreed to become her owner again.
  • Western Animation / Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Never Live It Down: In-Universe Betrayus won't let Butt-ler forget how the latter screwed up that one time in the past despite it being mostly the former's fault.
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