how to pronounce once

/ˈwʌns/

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once is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of once in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… have more chemistry and everything and once being in front of the camera too …”

meanings of once

adverb:

Formerly; during some period in the past.
Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.
One and only one time.
At a future time. If the facts once became known, we'd be in trouble.

conjunction:

As soon as; when; after.

once frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word once occurs in english on average 472.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics once can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that once can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;