Definitions for one

Definitions for (noun) one

Main entry: one

Definition: a single person or thing

Usage: he is the best one; this is the one I ordered


Main entry: one, single, I, unity, 1, ace

Definition: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

Usage: he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it; they had lunch at one


Definitions for (adj) one

Main entry: unmatchable, unmatched, matchless, unrivaled, unrivalled, one, one and only, nonpareil, peerless

Definition: eminent beyond or above comparison

Usage: 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


Main entry: one

Definition: indefinite in time or position

Usage: he will come one day; one place or another


Main entry: one

Definition: being a single entity made by combining separate components

Usage: three chemicals combining into one solution


Main entry: one

Definition: used informally as an intensifier

Usage: that is one fine dog


Main entry: one

Definition: of the same kind or quality

Usage: two animals of one species


Main entry: one, 1, ane, i

Definition: used of a single unit or thing; not two or more

Usage: `ane' is Scottish


Main entry: unitary, one

Definition: having the indivisible character of a unit

Usage: a unitary action; spoke with one voice


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