One meaning
This is the one I like best. Of her many books, the best ones are the last two.
I'm just one player on the team.
She visited one of her cousins.
One shouldn't be too quick to judge. One's guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father's kingdom for centuries.
Acetone.
Lactone.
The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully.
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."
All of one mind.
Acetone.
Lactone.
With one accord.
From one day to another.
The one solution to the problem.
One of us must go.
What else could one do?
They rent a house, but I own one.
We are one on the importance of learning.
The two types look very different, but are one species.
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln".
An example of a one is a single man.
An example of a one is the number before two when counting.
I ate one peach.
They spoke with one voice.
One day is just like the next.
He will come one day.
Late one evening.
That is one fine dog.
The one person I could marry; the one horse that can win this race.
- In accord or unity.
- Everyone.
- Individually in succession.
- making no difference; of no importance
- of the same opinion; in accord
- everybody
- each (of a group or series) in succession, esp. rapid successionTo eat an entire bag of peanuts, one after another.
- each one the othersFamily members who look out for one another.
- each one the otherTwins who defend one another.
- individually in succession
- at some unspecified time in the future
- a particularly trying or unfortunate day (or week, etc.)
- something that cannot be avoided, helped, changed, etc.
- a particular joke or anecdoteHave you heard the one about the penguin who goes into a bar?.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of one
- arbitrary use of Gr -ōnē, used to signify a female descendant of
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
- Middle English on from Old English ān oi-no- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Probably from Greek -ōnē feminine patronymic suff
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English one, oon, on, oan, an, from Old English Än ("one"; same word as an), from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one"), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“single, one"). Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one"); North Frisian Ã¥n (“one"); Saterland Frisian aan (“one"); West Frisian ien (“one"); Dutch een, één (“one"); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one"); Swedish en (“one"); Icelandic einn (“one"); Latin unus (“one") (Old Latin oinos); Russian один (odin).
From Wiktionary
- Probably Ancient Greek -όνη (-onē)
From Wiktionary