🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

imediatamente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: imediatamente

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
At Once/ət wʌns/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Por favor, responda ao e-mail imediatamente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    Immediately; without delay.

    "Please respond to the email at once."
  2. 2

    Simultaneously; at the same time.

    "She managed to juggle her studies and work at once."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The phrase 'at once' combines the preposition 'at' with the adverb 'once', originating from Middle English 'at onces', which meant 'immediately' or 'simultaneously'. The term has evolved to emphasize urgency and immediacy in actions.

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