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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 occasionplay

  Familiarity information: NONCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NONCE (noun)


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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