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NONCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonce mean?
• NONCE (noun)
The noun NONCE has 1 sense:
1. the present occasion
Familiarity information: NONCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The present occasion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
nonce; time being
Context example:
for the nonce
Hypernyms ("nonce" is a kind of...):
nowadays; present (the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech)
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