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one (wun)

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]

Etymology: ME < OE an, akin to Ger ein, Goth ains < IE *oinos (> Gr oinē, L unus, OIr ōen) < *e-, *ei-, prefixed pronominal stem meaning “the, this, this one”

noun

  1. the number expressing unity or designating a single unit: the lowest cardinal number and the first used in counting a series; 1; I
  2. a single person or thing
  3. something numbered one or marked with one pip, as the face of a die or domino
  4. ☆ Informal a one-dollar bill

  1. some, or a certain, person or thing one of us must go
  2. 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?
  3. the person or thing previously mentioned they rent a house, but I own one

one Idioms

all one

making no difference; of no importance

at one

of the same opinion; in accord

one and all

everybody

one another

each one the other; each other

one by one

individually in succession

one of those things

something that cannot be avoided, helped, changed, etc.

one Synonyms

one

modif.

  1. Single

    individual, peculiar, especial, specific, separate, single, lone, singular, odd, one and only, solitary, singular, precise, definite, sole, uncommon; see also different 1, 2, special 1, unique 1, unusual 2.

  2. Unified

    united, bound, entire, complete; see unified, united, whole 1, 2.

    Antonyms common*, several, imprecise.

one Synonyms

one

n.

  1. A single item

    unit, 1, whole, person, thing, identity, ace, integer, item, example, digit, singleness, individual, individuality, individuation.

    Antonyms plural, many*, several.

  2. The quality of being united

    unitedness, totality, entirety; see unity 1.

all one

making no difference, insignificant, of no importance; see unimportant.

at one

in accord, agreeing, of the same opinion; see united.

one Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • love: Sudoku to download, print and solve - solve them with someone special, or email on to your loved ones!
  • find: Unfortunately I can't find a good free one.
  • get: He was told either to get a new one or apply for a US visa.
  • see: The student will gain a thorough understanding of how a PC works, even if you have never seen one before.
  • become: Whether innocent or guilty these families will find their business spread over the papers, becoming public enemy number one.
  • pick: Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.

Adjective modifier

  • only: We are the only one to actually offer 5 times more exposure than you do.
  • old: Where a decision is replaced on revision, the new decision takes effect from the same date as the old one.
  • new: He was told either to get a new one or apply for a US visa.
  • big: They have great adventures in this book but their biggest one is when they get involved in a murder.
  • last: But its interesting how often that happens, that you read a book and see connections and similarities to the last one you read.
  • nice: And the nice ones too, with the occasional good advice for future blogs.

Modifies a noun

  • day: This is pretty funny, and I wouldn't mind watching the entire thing one day.
  • person: The theme of this year's Holocaust Memorial Day is ' one person can make a difference ' .

Noun used with modifier

  • number: Whether innocent or guilty these families will find their business spread over the papers, becoming public enemy number one.
  • doubt: Thank heavens then for Cecile my 9 year old who is without doubt one of my most supportive but sternest critics.
  • download: Should you be interested in any of our current vacancies, please contact us for an application form or download one from this page.
  • part: Part one appeared in the May edition of Positive Nation.

Preposition: of

  • thing: Oh well, maybe this is another one of those things that the witness heard from someone.

Preposition: per

  • cent: One per cent of the population suffer from bipolar effective disorder at some point in their lives.
one Quotes

There isneither Jew nor Greek, there isneither bond nor free, there isneither malenor female: for yeareall onein Christ Jesus. 122

—Bible (NewTestament)

At one withthe One, it didn't meana thing besidea glass of Guinness on a sunny day.

—Greene, (Henry) Graham

This will be the issue of that darling Plea, of being one and not two; it will be turned upon the Scots with a Vengeance; and their 45 Scots Members may dance round to all Eternity, in thisTrap of their own making.

—Fletcher (of Saltoun), Andrew

Forgive,O Lord, my little jokes onThee And I'll forgiveThy great big one on me.

—Frost, Robert Lee

How tobe oneupöhow tomakethe other manfeelthat something has gone wrong, however slightly.

—Potter, Stephen

If ever two were one, then surely we.

—Bradstreet, Anne ne¤  e Dudley

'That's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.' 'It's the oldest rule in the book,'said the King. 'Then it ought to be Number One,'said Alice.

—Dodgson

Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.

—Emerson, RalphWaldo

Consider: only one bullet in ten thousand kills a man. Ask: was so much expenditure justified On the death of one so young and so silly Stretched under the olive trees,Oh, world,Oh, death?

—Spender, Sir Stephen Harold

Tous pour un, un pour tous. All for one, one for all.

—Duncan

In my dreams is a country where the State is the Church and the Church the people: three in one and one in three. It is a commonwealth in which work is play and play is life: three in one and one in three. It is a temple in which the priest is the worshipper and the worshipper the worshipped: three in one and one in three. It is a godhead in which all life is human and all humanity divine: three in one and one in three. It is, in short, the dream of a madman.

—Shaw, George Bernard

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

—Inge,William Ralph

The people arose as one man.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Thus our twin souls in one shall grow, And teach the world new love, Redeem the age and sex, and show A flame fate dares not move: And courting death to be our friend, Our lives, together too, shall end.

—Philips, Katherine ne¤  e Fowler

   The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly: Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.

—Shelley, Percy Bysshe

I bind into myself today The strong name of theTrinity, By invocation of the same TheThree in One and One inThree.

—Alexander, Cecil Frances

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

—Bible (Old Testament)