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at that time vs at these time

The correct phrase is 'at that time.' 'At that time' is a common expression used to refer to a specific point in the past, while 'at these time' is incorrect in English.

Last updated: March 15, 2024 • 760 views

at that time

Correct. 'At that time' is a common expression used to refer to a specific point in the past.

'At that time' is used to refer to a specific point in the past when something happened or was true.

Examples:

  • I was in school at that time.
  • At that time, we didn't have smartphones.
  • She was living in Paris at that time.
  • At that time, I didn't know what to do.
  • The company was struggling at that time.
  • Find 17 different ways to say AT THAT TIME, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
  • Aug 1, 2023 ... (at that time). SOLVE. Hi! I've got a graph with the (cumulative) Count of Closed Won deals by Country, monthly. It's great for seeing how ...
  • Jun 15, 2013 ... They're all just roundabout ways of saying things we usually do in a single word... at this time = now at that time = then
  • Jul 12, 2022 ... ... r/pokemon - Masuda at that time was a CHAD. Upvote 5.3K Downvote 434 Go to comments
  • Oct 31, 2010 ... Hi, could anybody please explain me the difference between "in that time" vs "at that time" in the following sentence.
  • 1 day ago ... This was genuine too, at that time. Now, they're using the same style in every alternate lecture. It's taken away the power it had, ...
  • 'in that space, at that time' for orchestra, by composer Andy Akiho.
  • Feb 16, 2009 ... "In that time" suggests during a period of time: eg in that time I managed to undo the knot. At that time suggests at a particular moment, or period.
  • Oct 30, 2023 ... ... at that time. I could change the recording to once a minute and no longer on change but then I'm recording lots of extra data and... around ...
  • Dec 3, 2009 ... Hola! How I can say" at that time" or during that time" ...when I'm talking about something that happend before? Muchas gracias!

Alternatives:

  • at that moment
  • at that point
  • at that juncture
  • at that instant
  • at that particular time

at these time

Incorrect. 'At these time' is not a correct phrase in English.

  • Jul 11, 2014 ... Looking at these time-lapse videos of Undulatus asperatus—"a cloud formation proposed as separate cloud classification in 2009"—look like ...
  • Light travels very fast (~1 foot in 1 nanosecond) and sampling light at these time scales is well beyond the reach of conventional sensors (fast video cameras ...
  • Aug 13, 2011 ... ... performance at acute and chronic time scales, and the responses of the performance traits at these time scales may be quite different.
  • Eyeblinks that occurred at these time points were critical for the observed synchronization because synchronization remained after removing the same number ...

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