FOR ONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does for one mean? 

• FOR ONE (adverb)
  The adverb FOR ONE has 1 sense:

1. as a particular one of several possibilities

  Familiarity information: FOR ONE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOR ONE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As a particular one of several possibilities

Context example:

her mother for one was worried

 Context examples 

This lovely new moon might even bring news of a baby if you hope for one.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He went home with leaping pulse, wondering how much they would pay him for one of the best things he had done.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This may perhaps pass with the reader rather for an European or English story, than for one of a country so remote.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Then the king’s son wished for one, and she immediately stood before him, and was more beautiful than any painter could have painted her.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The associations seemed to be strongest for one weekly serving for women and between 2 and 6 weekly servings for men, the findings suggested.

(Eat Chocolate for Steady Heartbea, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In a localist scheme, an individual neuron would code for one memory, and each memory would be linked to the activity of one neuron.

(Storing memories of recent events, NIH)

On the first day, after taking medication, they listened to music for one hour.

(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agência Brasil/EBC)

Megan Murray of Harvard's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine said investigators followed the participants who lived with someone with TB for one year.

(Vitamin A Supplement May Thwart Tuberculosis Infection, Jessica Berman/VOA)

For one, the planet is believed to be 16 times bigger than Earth.

(Exoplanet Could Have Clouds of Rubies, Sapphires, VOA)

On the first day, after taking medication, they listened to music for one hour.

(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agenciabrasil/EBC)