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/wʌn/

noun 6pron 5adj 5num 4particle 4

Collocations

ADJ.

faithful, good, good, little, lost, most, old, other

She was a good one, always there when her friends needed help.

VERB + ONE

cannot, cited, dance, got, having, lacked, like, saying

She got one of the best grades in the entire class.

ONE + NOUN

biscuits, boys, condition, day, everything, god, hour, night

One day I decided to leave my job and travel around the world.

PREP.

in, than

I've made more mistakes in one day than I usually do in a whole month.

ADV.

already, always, carefully, only

She has already read that book one time before.

Definitions

num

The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.

In some religions, there is more than one god.

In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.

The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.

The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.

The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.

pron

One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.

Any one of the boys.

Every one of the bank’s employees.

The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.

She offered him an apple and an orange; he took (the) one and left the other.

I am one of the few women who've climbed Everest.

Any person (applying to people in general).

One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.

My neighbor talks to one like a teacher.

Any person, entity or thing.

"driver", noun: one who drives.

noun

The digit or figure 1.

This effectively allows switching on and off of the flow of current, so it is either conducting or not conducting, creating the binary system of zeroes and ones used in digital computers.

Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context

I need some ones to make change.

Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context

It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.

The ophthalmic surgeon attends Tuesdays and Saturdays, at half-past one.

Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context

Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac?

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this num

adjective — used of a single unit or thing

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

put one over

To succeed in a deception.

one hundred and one

A great many; numerous.

As a result, we talked – about a hundred and one things.

there's more than one way to skin a cat

A problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.

At any rate, thought I, there's more than one way to skin a cat, as a butcher would say.

go in one ear and out the other

To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.

He told me whom he saw, but it went in one ear and out the other.

one up

To outdo, to perform something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.

Every year the neighbors try to one-up each other with their holiday lights.

Example Bank

In some religions, there is more than one god.

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In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.

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One person, one vote.

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Any one of the boys.

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Every one of the bank’s employees.

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A good driver is one who drives carefully.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, one is marked as US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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