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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Nonce \Nonce\ (n[o^]ns), n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in [eth]am, dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.] The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce, i. e. for the present time. [1913 Webster] The miller was a stout carl for the nones. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Nonce word, ``a word apparently employed only for the nonce''. --Murray (New English Dict.). [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Nonce \Nonce\ (n[o^]ns), n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in [eth]am, dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.] The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce. The miller was a stout carl for the nones. --Chaucer. And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce. --Shak. Nonce word, ``a word apparently employed only for the nonce''. --Murray (New English Dict.).From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
nonce n : the present occasion; "for the nonce" [syn: time being]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
nonce French n. nuncioFrom English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
nonce a. one-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use. (n-g: Denoting something occurring once.) n. The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in ''for the nonce''). n. 1 (lb en British pejorative) A sex offender, ''especially'' one who is guilty of sexual offences against children. (1975) 2 (lb en by extension) A pedophile. 3 (lb en British prison slang pejorative) A police informer, one who betrays a criminal enterprise (2000) 4 (lb en British slang pejorative) A stupid or worthless person. (2002)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
nonce French n. nuncioFrom English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
nonce French n. nuncioFrom Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
nonce Ranska n. nuntiusFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/ الوقت الحاضرFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/ příležitostnýFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/ [Br.] [slang] KinderschänderFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Synonym: child abuser see: child abusers, nonces
nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]Spontan…, ad-hoc, für den Augenblick Note: nachgestellt
nonce //nɑns// //nɒns//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]1. kerta, tämä kerta one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose 2. kertakäyttöluku, nonssi value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream 3. vasikka police informer 4. skinneri sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children
nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/ 1. simdiki zaman. for the nonce şimdilik. nonce word yalnız bir olay dolayısıyle icat edilmiş kelime.From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-bul ]
nonce /nɔ̃s/From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:fra-lat ]нунций Prélat
nonce /nɔ̃s/From français-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-lit ]nuntius Prélat
nonce /nɔ̃s/From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-pol ]nuncijus Prélat
nonce /nɔ̃s/From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]1. poseł Député 2. nuncjusz Prélat
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈnɑns/
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonce": contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, historical present, modernity, newness, now, nowadays, nowness, our times, present, present tense, presentness, the Now Generation, the nonce, the now, the present, the present age, the present day, the present hour, the present juncture, the present time, the time being, the times, these days, this day, this hour, this instant, this moment, this point, this stage, todayFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 现时,目前,当前;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 现时,目前,当前 a. 一度发生的