What does "for a time" mean?

For a relatively short period of time (in the past).

What is a synonym for "for a time"?

Common synonyms include: at the same time, awhile, betweentimes, for the time being, meanwhile.

For a time

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Adverb

1
For a relatively short period of time (in the past). not-comparable
"My experience with Vorticella led me for a time into the false supposition that this sort of fungous disfiguration, which makes Self disagreeably larger, was most common to the female sex; […]"

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at the same time awhile betweentimes for the time being meanwhile

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"My experience with Vorticella led me for a time into the false supposition that this sort of fungous disfiguration, which makes Self disagreeably larger, was most common to the female sex; […]"

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