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Meaning of One in English

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One

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Noun

1. 1, ace, i, one, single, unity

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

Example Sentences:
'he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it'
'they had lunch at one'

2. one

a single person or thing

Example Sentences:
'he is the best one'
'this is the one I ordered'

Adjective

3. 1, ane, i, one

used of a single unit or thing; not two or more

Example Sentences:
'ane' is Scottish'

4. one, unitary

having the indivisible character of a unit

Example Sentences:
'a unitary action'
'spoke with one voice'

5. one

of the same kind or quality

Example Sentences:
'two animals of one species'

6. one

used informally as an intensifier

Example Sentences:
'that is one fine dog'

7. one

indefinite in time or position

Example Sentences:
'he will come one day'
'one place or another'

8. one

being a single entity made by combining separate components

Example Sentences:
'three chemicals combining into one solution'

9. matchless, nonpareil, one, one and only, peerless, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled

eminent beyond or above comparison

Example Sentences:
'matchless beauty'
'the team's nonpareil center fielder'
'she's one girl in a million'
'the one and only Muhammad Ali'
'a peerless scholar'
'infamy unmatched in the Western world'
'wrote with unmatchable clarity'
'unrivaled mastery of her art'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


One

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determiner
1. 
a. 
single; lone; not two or more
one car
b. 
(as pronoun)
one is enough for now
one at a time
c. 
(in combination)
one-eyed
one-legged
2. 
a. 
distinct from all others; only; unique
one girl in a million
b. 
(as pronoun)
one of a kind
3. 
a. 
a specified (person, item, etc) as distinct from another or others of its kind
raise one hand and then the other
b. 
(as pronoun)
which one is correct?
4. 
a certain, indefinite, or unspecified (time); some
one day you'll be sorry
5. informal an emphatic word for a, an1
it was one hell of a fight
6. 
a certain (person)
one Miss Jones was named
7.  in one
8.  all one
9.  at one
10.  be made one
11.  many a one
12.  neither one thing nor the other
13.  never a one
14.  one and all
15.  one by one
16.  one or two
17.  one way and another
18.  off on one
19.  one with another
pronoun
20. 
an indefinite person regarded as typical of every person
one can't say any more than that
21. 
any indefinite person: used as the subject of a sentence to form an alternative grammatical construction to that of the passive voice
one can catch fine trout in this stream
22. archaic
an unspecified person
one came to him
noun
23. 
the smallest whole number and the first cardinal number; unity
See also number (sense 1)
24. 
a numeral (1, I, i, etc) representing this number
25. informal
a joke or story (esp in the one about)
26. music
the numeral 1 used as the lower figure in a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in semibreves
27. 
something representing, represented by, or consisting of one unit
28. Also called: one o'clock
one hour after noon or midnight
29. 
a blow or setback (esp in the phrase one in the eye for)
30.  the one
31.  the Holy One
32.  the Evil One

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One

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adjective
1. 
being a single thing or unit; not two or more
2. 
characterized by unity; forming a whole; united; undivided
with one accord
3. 
designating a person or thing as contrasted with or opposed to another or others
from one day to another
4. 
being uniquely or strikingly the person or thing specified
the one solution to the problem
5. 
single in kind; the same
all of one mind
6. 
designating a single, but not clearly specified, person or thing; a certain [one day last week]
also used as an intensive substitute for the indefinite article [she's one beautiful girl]
noun
7. 
the number expressing unity or designating a single unit: the lowest cardinal number and the first used in counting a series; 1; I
8. 
a single person or thing
9. 
something numbered one or marked with one pip, as the face of a die or domino
10.  US, Informal
a one-dollar bill
pronoun
11. 
some, or a certain, person or thing
one of us must go
12. 
any person or thing; anybody or anything [when one is exhausted, it is wise to rest]
sometimes used affectedly in place of a personal pronoun in the first or second person
what else could one do?
13. 
the person or thing previously mentioned
they rent a house, but I own one

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


One

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suff.
1. A ketone: acetone.
2. A chemical compound containing oxygen, especially in a carbonyl group: lactone.
adj.
1. Being a single entity, unit, object, or living being: I ate one peach.
2. Characterized by unity; undivided: They spoke with one voice.
3.
a. Of the same kind or quality: two animals of one species.
b. Forming a single entity of two or more components: three chemicals combining into one solution.
4. Being a single member or element of a group, category, or kind: I'm just one player on the team.
5. Being a single thing in contrast with or relation to another or others of its kind: One day is just like the next.
6. Occurring or existing as something indefinite, as in time or position: He will come one day.
7. Occurring or existing as something particular but unspecified, as in time past: late one evening.
8. Informal Used as an intensive: That is one fine dog.
9. Being the only individual of a specified or implied kind: the one person I could marry; the one horse that can win this race.
n.
1. The cardinal number, represented by the symbol 1, designating the first unit in a series.
2. A single person or thing; a unit: This is the one I like best. Of her many books, the best ones are the last two.
3. A one-dollar bill.
pron.
1. An indefinitely specified individual: She visited one of her cousins.
2. An unspecified individual; anyone: "The older one grows the more one likes indecency" (Virginia Woolf).

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