one
IPA: wˈʌn
noun
- The digit or figure 1.
- (by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context
- (US) A one-dollar bill.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- (followed by for) A person (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
- (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- (dated, euphemistic or derogatory) A gay person.
- (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !. Used to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
verb
- To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
adjective
- Of a period of time, being particular.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- Sole, only.
- Whole, entire.
- In agreement.
- The same.
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Examples of "one" in Sentences
- The blight was only one of the factors.
- The only copy is the one in the sandbox.
- One or more applications can run in the single JVM.
- Booth was the only one of the assassins to succeed.
- But not a single one passed the Eidetic memory test.
- They released one record and a panoply of singles and EPs.
- The only one with the notch is the one used to tranfer the butter.
- Only one was shipped expeditiously, and it was a single item order.
- Haley was once considered one of the most talented gymnasts in the US.
- As only one Person or Hypostasis some argued that he would have only one will.
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