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Definitions for One

[1] being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
[2] being a person, thing, or individual instance or member of a number, kind, group, or category indicated: one member of the party.
[3] existing, acting, or considered as a single unit, entity, or individual.
[4] of the same or having a single kind, nature, or condition: We belong to one team; We are of one resolve.
[5] noting some indefinite day or time in the future: You will see him one day.
[6] a certain (often used in naming a person otherwise unknown or undescribed): One John Smith was chosen.
[7] being a particular, unique, or only individual, item, or unit: I'm looking for the one adviser I can trust.
[8] noting some indefinite day or time in the past: We all had dinner together one evening last week.
[9] of no consequence as to the character, outcome, etc.; the same: It's all one to me whether they go or not.
[10] the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
[11] a symbol of this number, as 1 or I.
[12] a single person or thing: If only problems would come one at a time!
[13] a die face or a domino face having one pip.
[14] a one-dollar bill: to change a five-dollar bill for five ones.
[15] (initial capital letter ) Neoplatonism . the ultimate reality, seen as a central source of being by whose emanations all entities, spiritual and corporeal, have their existence, the corporeal ones containing the fewest of the emanations.
[16] a person or thing of a number or kind indicated or understood: one of the Elizabethan poets.
[17] (in certain pronominal combinations) a person unless definitely specified otherwise: every one.
[18] (with a defining clause or other qualifying words) a person or a personified being or agency: the evil one; the one I love.
[19] any person indefinitely; anyone: as good as one would desire.
[20] Chiefly British . (used as a substitute for the pronoun I): Mother had been ailing for many months, and one should have realized it.
[21] a person of the speaker's kind; such as the speaker himself or herself: to press one's own claims.
[22] something or someone of the kind just mentioned: The portraits are fine ones. Your teachers this semester seem to be good ones.
[23] something available or referred to, especially in the immediate area: Here, take one—they're delicious. The bar is open, so have one on me!
[24] at one , in a state of agreement; of one opinion. united in thought or feeling; attuned: He felt at one with his Creator.
[25] one and all , everyone: They came, one and all, to welcome him home.
[26] one by one , singly and successively: One by one the children married and moved away.
[27] one for the road . road(def 10) .
[28] a suffix used in the names of ketones and analogous chemical compounds: lactone; quinone.
[29] single; lone; not two or more one car (as pronoun ) one is enough for now ; one at a time (in combination ) one-eyed ; one-legged
[30] distinct from all others; only; unique one girl in a million (as pronoun ) one of a kind
[31] a specified (person, item, etc) as distinct from another or others of its kind raise one hand and then the other (as pronoun ) which one is correct?
[32] a certain, indefinite, or unspecified (time); some one day you'll be sorry
[33] informal an emphatic word for a 1 , an 1 it was one hell of a fight
[34] a certain (person) one Miss Jones was named
[35] in one or all in one combined; united
[36] all one all the same of no consequence it's all one to me
[37] at one (often foll by with) in a state of agreement or harmony
[38] be made one (of a man and a woman) to become married
[39] many a one many people
[40] neither one thing nor the other indefinite, undecided, or mixed
[41] never a one none
[42] one and all everyone, without exception
[43] one by one one at a time; individually
[44] one or two a few
[45] one way and another on balance
[46] off on one informal exhibiting bad temper; ranting
[47] one with another on average
[48] an indefinite person regarded as typical of every person one can't say any more than that
[49] 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
[50] archaic an unspecified person one came to him
[51] the smallest whole number and the first cardinal number; unity See also number (def. 1)
[52] a numeral (1, I, i, etc) representing this number
[53] informal a joke or story (esp in the one about )
[54] music the numeral 1 used as the lower figure in a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in semibreves
[55] something representing, represented by, or consisting of one unit
[56] Also called: one o'clock one hour after noon or midnight
[57] a blow or setback (esp in the phrase one in the eye for )
[58] the one (in Neo-Platonic philosophy) the ultimate being
[59] the Holy One or the One above God
[60] the Evil One Satan; the devil
[61] indicating that a chemical compound is a ketone acetone

Words related to One

solitary, sole, separate, singular, specific, single, particular, special, alone, definite, different, lone, odd, only, peculiar, precise, uncommon, unique

Words nearby One

ondes martenot, ondine, onding, ondo, ondograph, one, one and all, one and only, one and the same, one another, one by one

Origin of One

-oneperhaps < Greek -ōnē feminine patronymic

Words that may be confused with One

one, wan, won, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from One

Related prefixes: mono-, uni-
Related adjective: single

Word origin for One

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

Synonyms for One

particular, separate, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, alone, definite, different, lone, odd, one and only, only, peculiar, precise, uncommon, unique