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one (wʌn Pronunciation for one ) 

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determiner

    1. single; lone; not two or more ⇒ one car
    2. (as pronoun) ⇒ one is enough for now, one at a time
    3. (in combination) ⇒ one-eyed, one-legged
    1. distinct from all others; only; unique ⇒ one girl in a million
    2. (as pronoun) ⇒ one of a kind
    1. a specified (person, item, etc) as distinct from another or others of its kind ⇒ raise one hand and then the other
    2. (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 a1, an1 ⇒ it was one hell of a fight
  6. a certain (person) ⇒ one Miss Jones was named

  7. See in one

  8. See all one

  9. See at one

  10. See be made one

  11. See many a one

  12. See neither one thing nor the other

  13. See never a one

  14. See one and all

  15. See one by one

  16. See one or two

  17. See one way and another

  18. See off on one

  19. See one with another

pronoun

  1. an indefinite person regarded as typical of every person ⇒ one can't say any more than that
  2. 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
  3. (archaic) an unspecified person ⇒ one came to him

noun

  1. the smallest whole number and the first cardinal number; unity See also number (sense 1)
  2. a numeral (1, I, i, etc) representing this number
  3. (informal) a joke or story (esp in the one about)
  4. (music) the numeral 1 used as the lower figure in a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in semibreves
  5. something representing, represented by, or consisting of one unit
  6. Also called: one o'clock. one hour after noon or midnight
  7. a blow or setback (esp in the phrase one in the eye for)

  8. See the one

  9. See the Holy One

  10. See the Evil One

related prefixes

mono-, uni-, single

Word Origin

Old English ān, related to Old French ān, ēn, Old High German ein, Old Norse einn, Latin unus, Greek oinē ace

Synonyms

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= single, only, sole, particular, distinct, lone, solitary, singular
= united, combined, allied, unified, leagued, pooled, concerted, affiliated, in partnership, banded together

-one

Definitions

suffix forming nouns

  1. indicating that a chemical compound is a ketone ⇒ acetone

Word Origin

arbitrarily from Greek -ōnē, feminine patronymic suffix, but perhaps influenced by -one in ozone

Translations for 'one'

  • British English: onePronunciation for one One is the number 1.wʌn NUMBER
  • Arabic: وَاحِدٌPronunciation for وَاحِدٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: umPronunciation for um
  • Chinese: 一Pronunciation for 一
  • Croatian: jedanPronunciation for jedan
  • Czech: jednaPronunciation for jedna jedno
  • Danish: enPronunciation for en
  • Dutch: eenPronunciation for een
  • European Spanish: unoPronunciation for uno
  • Finnish: yksiPronunciation for yksi
  • French: unPronunciation for un
  • German: einsPronunciation for eins
  • Greek: έναPronunciation for ένα
  • Italian: unoPronunciation for uno
  • Japanese: 一Pronunciation for 一
  • Korean: 1Pronunciation for 1
  • Norwegian: enPronunciation for en et
  • Polish: jedenPronunciation for jeden
  • Portuguese: umPronunciation for um
  • Romanian: unu
  • Russian: одинPronunciation for один
  • Spanish: unoPronunciation for uno
  • Swedish: enPronunciation for en ettsiffra
  • Thai: หนึ่งPronunciation for หนึ่ง
  • Turkish: birPronunciation for bir
  • Ukrainian: один
  • Vietnamese: mộtPronunciation for một
  • British English: onePronunciation for one You can use one to refer to the first of two or more things.One of the twins was thinner than the other.wʌn PRONOUN
  • Arabic: وَاحِدٌPronunciation for وَاحِدٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: umPronunciation for um
  • Chinese: 一个人Pronunciation for 一个人
  • Croatian: jedanPronunciation for jedan
  • Czech: jedenPronunciation for jeden
  • Danish: enPronunciation for en
  • Dutch: eenPronunciation for een
  • European Spanish: unoPronunciation for uno una
  • Finnish: yksiPronunciation for yksi
  • French: unPronunciation for un une
  • German: einerPronunciation for einer eine, eins
  • Greek: έναςPronunciation for ένας μία
  • Italian: unoPronunciation for uno una
  • Japanese: 一つPronunciation for 一つ
  • Korean: 하나Pronunciation for 하나
  • Norwegian: manPronunciation for man
  • Polish: jedenPronunciation for jeden
  • Portuguese: umPronunciation for um
  • Romanian: unul
  • Russian: первыйPronunciation for первый
  • Spanish: unoPronunciation for uno una
  • Swedish: manPronunciation for man enen annan
  • Thai: คนหรือสิ่งหนึ่งPronunciation for คนหรือสิ่งหนึ่ง
  • Turkish: birisiPronunciation for birisi
  • Ukrainian: один
  • Vietnamese: mộtPronunciation for một

Example Sentences Including 'one'

Despite all the speculation surrounding Harry Kewell, Leeds have not received one bid for the Australian.
Irish Times (2002)
I honestly don't know the last time this number of jobs went in one go.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
I noticed that no one was really paying any attention to me.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
Luggage space isn't compromised by the need to allow for a spare wheel, because there isn't one.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
Many players who could only manage one or two matches for Busby a season would book early for the Nayyar feast.
Country Life (2004)
The board wanted us to do the dirty on our stakeholders," said one New Zealand official last night.
Irish Times (2002)
The girl was skipping along behind, one foot in the gutter, the other on the footpath, talking or singing to herself.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
There was one old man who was swimming extremely slowly, doing one lap to my three or four.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
These dual explanations often went hand in hand so long as one resorted to tribal myth to provide answers.
James Cowan ABORIGINE DREAMING: Introduction to the Wisdom and Thought of the Aboriginal Traditions of Australia (2002)

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