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ONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does one mean?
• ONE (noun)
The noun ONE has 2 senses:
1. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
2. a single person or thing
Familiarity information: ONE used as a noun is rare.
• ONE (adjective)
The adjective ONE has 7 senses:
1. used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
2. having the indivisible character of a unit
3. of the same kind or quality
4. (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
5. indefinite in time or position
6. being a single entity made by combining separate components
7. eminent beyond or above comparison
Familiarity information: ONE used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
Context example:
they had lunch at one
Hypernyms ("one" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "one"):
monad; monas (a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive)
singleton (a single object (as distinguished from a pair))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A single person or thing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
this is the one I ordered
Hypernyms ("one" is a kind of...):
unit (a single undivided whole)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
Synonyms:
Context example:
'ane' is Scottish
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having the indivisible character of a unit
Synonyms:
one; unitary
Context example:
spoke with one voice
Similar:
united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)
Derivation:
oneness (the quality of being united into one)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of the same kind or quality
Context example:
two animals of one species
Similar:
same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
Synonyms:
one; right
Context example:
a right fine day
Similar:
extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Indefinite in time or position
Context example:
one place or another
Similar:
indefinite (vague or not clearly defined or stated)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Being a single entity made by combining separate components
Context example:
three chemicals combining into one solution
Similar:
combined (made or joined or united into one)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Eminent beyond or above comparison
Synonyms:
matchless; nonpareil; one; one and only; peerless; unmatchable; unmatched; unrivaled; unrivalled
Context example:
unrivaled mastery of her art
Similar:
incomparable; uncomparable (such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared)
Context examples
We told the man we could and would make such a scandal out of this as should make his name stink from one end of London to the other.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Once he crawled upon one that must have been asleep.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
At just 12.5 light years from the Earth, Teegarden’s Star is the 24th-nearest known star system to our Solar System, and one of the smallest “red dwarf” stars discovered to date.
(Researchers find two new planets with masses similar to Earth’s near a small neighbouring star, University of Granada)
The skeleton of this one will eventually be put on display for the public to see.
(Sea Monster Swam Oceans 170 Million Years Ago, Voanews)
Does it occur to you that there is any one article in which we can retrench?
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Peggotty and I were sitting one night by the parlour fire, alone.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.
(Melanoma of the Uvea Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
Why was it useless to try to win any one's favour?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“I want none of your money,” said I, “but what you owe my father. I'll get you one glass, and no more.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It usually affects just one ear.
(Meniere's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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