ONE

matchless, nonpareil, one, one and only, peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled

(adjective) eminent beyond or above comparison; “matchless beauty”; “the team’s nonpareil center fielder”; “she’s one girl in a million”; “the one and only Muhammad Ali”; “a peerless scholar”; “infamy unmatched in the Western world”; “wrote with unmatchable clarity”; “unrivaled mastery of her art”

one

(adjective) indefinite in time or position; “he will come one day”; “one place or another”

one

(adjective) being a single entity made by combining separate components; “three chemicals combining into one solution”

one

(adjective) of the same kind or quality; “two animals of one species”

one, ane

(adjective) used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; “‘ane’ is Scottish”

one

(noun) a single person or thing; “he is the best one”; “this is the one I ordered”

one, ace, single, unity

(noun) the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; “he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it”; “they had lunch at one”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Numeral

one

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

(number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.

(set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.

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

Pronoun

one (reflexive oneself, possessive adjective one’s, plural ones)

(impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.

(impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.

(indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).

(pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.

Synonyms

• (unidentified person): you, they (in nominative personal case)

Noun

one (plural ones)

The digit or figure 1.

(mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.

(US) A one-dollar bill.

(cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.

A joke or amusing anecdote.

(colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.

(Internet slang, leet, sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".

Synonyms

• (mathematics: multiplicative identity): unity

• (US: one-dollar bill): single

• (sarcastic substitution for !): 1, eleven

Adjective

one (not comparable)

Of a period of time, being particular.

Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.

Sole, only.

Whole, entire.

In agreement.

The same.

Being a preeminent example.

Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".

Verb

one (third-person singular simple present ones, present participle oning, simple past and past participle oned)

To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.

Anagrams

• EON, NEO, NOE, Neo, eno-, eon, neo, neo-

Source: Wiktionary

-one. Etym: [From Gr. -w`nh, signifying, female descendant.] (Chem.)

Definition: A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.

-one.(Chem.)

Definition: A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of which it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of hydrocarbons, or the third series of unsaturated hydrocarbonsl as, nonone.

One, a. Etym: [OE. one, on, an, AS. än; akin to D. een, OS. ën, OFries. ën, än, G. ein, Dan. een, Sw. en, Icel. einn, Goth. ains, W. un, Ir. & Gael. aon, L. unus, earlier oinos, oenos, Gr. ëka. The same word as the indefinite article a, an. sq. root 299. Cf. 2d A, 1st An, Alone, Anon, Any, None, Nonce, Only, Onion, Unit.]

1. Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual. The dream of Pharaoh is one. Gen. xli. 25. O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England. Shak.

2. Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of indefinitely; a certain. "I am the sister of one Claudio" [Shak.], that is, of a certain man named Claudio.

3. Pointing out a contrast, or denoting a particular thing or person different from some other specified; -- used as a correlative adjective, with or without the. From the one side of heaven unto the other. Deut. iv. 32.

4. Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole. The church is therefore one, though the members may be many. Bp. Pearson

5. Single in kind; the same; a common. One plague was on you all, and on your lords. 1 Sam. vi. 4.

6. Single; inmarried. [Obs.] Men may counsel a woman to be one. Chaucer.

Note: One is often used in forming compound words, the meaning of which is obvious; as, one-armed, one-celled, one-eyed, one-handed, one-hearted, one-horned, one-idead, one-leaved, one-masted, one- ribbed, one-story, one-syllable, one-stringed, one-winged, etc. All one, of the same or equal nature, or consequence; as, he says that it is all one what course you take. Shak.

– One day. (a) On a certain day, not definitely specified, referring to time past. One day when Phoebe fair, With all her band, was following the chase. Spenser. (b) Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or period; some day. Well, I will marry one day. Shak.

One, n.

1. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.

2. A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.

3. A single person or thing. "The shining ones." Bunyan. "Hence, with your little ones." Shak. He will hate the one, and love the other. Matt. vi. 24. That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. Mark x. 37. After one, after one fashion; alike. [Obs.] Chaucer.

– At one, in agreement or concord. See At one, in the Vocab.

– Ever in one, continually; perpetually; always. [Obs.] Chaucer.

– In one, in union; in a single whole.

– One and one, One by one, singly; one at a time; one after another."Raising one by one the suppliant crew." Dryden.

One, indef. pron.

Definition: Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self. It was well worth one's while. Hawthorne. Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's self as one best can. G. Eliot.

Note: One is often used with some, any, no, each, every, such, a, many a, another, the other, etc. It is sometimes joined with another, to denote a reciprocal relation. When any one heareth the word. Matt. xiii. 19. She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. Compton Reade. The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought against one another. Jowett (Thucyd. ). The gentry received one another. Thackeray.

One, v. t.

Definition: To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite. [Obs.] The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to treasure of the world. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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