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/wʌn/

One has 14 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Num · Pron

Definitions
Noun
1

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"

2

a single person or thing

"he is the best one"

"this is the one I ordered"

one
3

The digit or figure 1.

Verb
1

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

Adjective
1

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

"`ane' is Scottish"

2

having the indivisible character of a unit

"a unitary action"

"spoke with one voice"

3

of the same kind or quality

"two animals of one species"

one
4

(informal) very; used informally as an intensifier

"that is one fine dog"

"a right fine day"

5

indefinite in time or position

"he will come one day"

"one place or another"

one
6

being a single entity made by combining separate components

"three chemicals combining into one solution"

one
7

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"

8

Of a period of time, being particular.

Num
1

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

Pron
1

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

Example Sentences
"he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it" noun
"they had lunch at one" noun
"he is the best one" noun
"this is the one I ordered" noun
"`ane' is Scottish" adjective
"a unitary action" adjective
"spoke with one voice" adjective
"two animals of one species" adjective
"that is one fine dog" adjective
"a right fine day" adjective
See Also
number first two single special once compatible un
Related Terms
number first two single special once compatible un unit a one dollar before two before first number each cent payee anecdote increment one fifth
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
digit unit
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
monad singleton

Origin

The word "one" comes from the Middle English term oon, which traces back to Old English ān meaning "single." Its roots extend through Proto-Germanic and Proto-West Germanic directly to the original Proto-Indo-European form *h₁óynos.

Rhyming Words
done wone lone mone fone none zone pone cone hone rone sone jone ione yone tone gone bone prone stone
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