Meanings
- At the time referred to (by the present discussion), which is in the past for many discussions but is in the future for others.
You have to keep in mind that there were no computers at that time.
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Near-synonym: at the time (often synonymous depending on the timeline of recounting)
You have to remember that this database field is asking for your best estimate of what the exchange rate will be at that time — not today's exchange rate.
At that time, the interior was choaked up with rubbish, several feet above the present surface, and overspread with ashlings, alders, and trees, the growth of such situations, to a very considerable height.
1806, Charles Heath, Monmouthshire[T]he traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region, such as Warwickshire at that time was, is usually exact as well as tenacious
1850, Thomas De Quincey, “Shakspeare”, in Biographical Essays, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 4At that time it was thought that the critical section, in which an irruption of water from the river was to be feared, lay under the Shoots, but this proved not to be the case.
1948 September and October, “Weekend Works in the Severn Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 299Synonyms: at the time
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseAt the time referred to (by the present discussion), which is in the past for many discussions but is in the future for others.
Translations
Bulgarian по онова време
- по онова време (po onova vreme)back then — see also at the time, back then
Catalan en el seu moment
- en el seu momentback then — see also at the time, back then
Finnish silloin
- silloinback then — see also at the time, back then
French à l'époque
- à l'époqueback then — see also at the time, back then
Greek τότε
- τότε (tóte)back then — see also at the time, back then
Polish wówczas
- wówczasback then — see also at the time, back then
Spanish en ese entonces, en aquel entonces
- en ese entoncesback then — see also at the time, back then
- en aquel entoncesback then — see also at the time, back then
Swedish på den tiden
- på den tidenback then — see also at the time, back then
Cite this entry
at that time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20that%20time
“at that time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20that%20time. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at that time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20that%20time.
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