| Samengestelde woorden: |
| again adv | (another time) | weer, opnieuw bw |
| | | nog een keer |
| | | nogmaals bw |
| | That was fun! Let's do it again. Oh dear! I've done it again. |
| all at once adv | (simultaneously, at the same time) | allemaal tegelijk bw |
| | | in één keer bw |
| | The guests cried "Surprise!" all at once. |
| | Drink dit medicijn in één keer op. |
bimonthly,
bi-monthly adj | (twice a month) | twee keer per maand bw |
| | The society's meetings are bimonthly, on the first and third Friday of every month. |
bimonthly,
bi-monthly adv | (twice a month) | twee keer per maand, om de twee weken bw |
| | There is nothing that needs to be discussed every two weeks; meeting bimonthly is a waste of time. |
| biweekly adv | (twice a week) | twee keer per week bw |
| | Meeting biweekly is too much; let's just get together on Mondays. |
| every time conj | (on each occasion that) | elke keer, iedere keer bw |
| | | telkens bw |
| | Every time I go to the restaurant I order the same dish. |
| first adv | (for the first time) | voor het eerst, voor de eerste keer bijw. |
| | I first came to New York when I was a little girl. |
| for once adv | (for a change, for the first time) | voor een keer woordgr |
| | Maybe I should do my work a little at a time for once, instead of putting it off. |
| for the umpteenth time adv | informal (yet again) | voor de zoveelste keer, voor de zoveelste maal frase |
| | (fig., informeel) | voor de honderdste keer frase |
| | For the umpteenth time ... will you children be quiet? |
| | Voor de zoveelste keer... Willen jullie, kinderen, eens stil zijn? |
| give it a second thought v expr | informal (rethink) | twee keer nadenken frase |
| | | overwegen overg.ww |
| | He dropped what he was doing and went to her without giving it a second thought. |
| | Hij liet alles vallen waar hij mee bezig was en ging naar haar toe zonder twee keer nadenken. |
in one fell swoop,
at one fell swoop expr | (in a single fast action) | in één keer bw |
| | (figuurlijk) | in één klap bw |
| | Pests or disease can wipe out the entire crop in one fell swoop. |
| just once adv | informal (one time only) | voor één keer, voor deze ene keer bw |
| | Just once, I wish you would ask politely. |
| | I'll make an exception just once. |
last time,
the last time adv | (on the previous occasion) | laatste keer bn + nw |
| | | vorige keer bn + nw |
| | Last time I ate fast food, I got sick. |
| | The last time I saw you, you'd just come back from Japan. |
| next time adv | informal (on the next occasion) | de volgende keer bn + nw |
| | Next time I go to the supermarket I must remember to buy some cheese. |
| for the nonce expr | (for the present time, this occasion) | voor deze keer woordgr |
| | The accident left me unable to walk for the nonce. |
| once adv | (a single time) | één keer |
| | I have only tried coffee once because I hated it! |
| once n | (a single time) | één keer |
| | Once is enough for me. I have no interest in doing it again. |
| one time adv | (on one occasion) | een keer bw |
| | I remember when my brother came home drunk one time. |
| over adv | (repetitively) | opnieuw, weer bw |
| | | overdoen ww overg. |
| | (altijd opnieuw) | keer op keer, keer na keer bw |
| | She kept saying, "I can't believe it" over and over. |
| semiweekly adv | (twice a week) | halfwekelijks bw |
| | | twee keer per week, twee maal per week bw |
semiyearly,
semi-yearly adv | (twice a year) | halfjaarlijks bw |
| | | twee keer per jaar, twee maal per jaar bw |
stretch,
stretch sth vtr | (money: eke out) | zuinig doen |
| | (figuurlijk) | ieder dubbeltje twee keer omdraaien |
| | We have to stretch our money and make it last all week. |
threefold,
three-fold adv | (by three, three times) | drievoudig bw |
| | | drie keer zo veel bw |
| | The size of the student body has increased threefold in the past twenty years. |
| thrice adv | dated (three times) | driemaal, drie keer bw |
| | (formeel) | driewerf bw |
| | Edith was married thrice and widowed each time. |
| turning adj | (point: where sthg changes) (in samenstellingen: punt) | keer- bn |
| | I feel I've come to a turning point in my life. |
| whenever conj | (every time that) | iedere keer dat bw |
| | | wanneer bw |
| | She brings flowers whenever she comes to see us. |
| YOLO expr | acronym, slang (you only live once) | je leeft maar één keer frase |
| | Hey, go for it man; YOLO! |