at once

Idioms  

1. At the same time, as in We can't all fit into the boat at once . [First half of 1200s] Also see at one time , def. 1.

2. Immediately, as in Mother told the children to come inside at once . [First half of 1500s]

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Example Sentences

This broad biological profile allows the treatment to influence multiple pathways at once to help reduce both pain and inflammation.

From Science Daily

One wealthy businessman in China, who like Wang is also in the education business, wanted more than 200 children at once using surrogates, envisioning a family enterprise, Zhang said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The lasting power of Ms. Iturbide’s vision, at once supernatural and unsettlingly real, cannot be denied, and a trip to the ICP offers the rare chance to commune with this remarkable artist.

From The Wall Street Journal

Weaving together speeches, novels and even maps, he crafts a constitutional chronicle that’s at once entertaining and deeply serious.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the parade of horribles recounted by Mr. Shapiro are at once comic and terrifying: deans harassing speakers, law students defaming anyone holding divergent views, faculty obsessed with idiotic academic theories.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• directly
• expeditiously
• hastily
• instantly
• quickly
• rapidly
• speedily
• swiftly