one

A1
Pronunciation
/wan/
/wɒn/
/wʌn/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

The digit or figure 1.

2 Definition

The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.

3 Definition

A one-dollar bill.

4 Definition

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

5 Definition

A joke or amusing anecdote.

6 Definition

A particularly special or compatible person or thing.

Example Sentences
  • I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.
7 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • 2003 September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11one!!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, Usenet
Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Adjective
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

Of a period of time, being particular.

Example Sentences
  • One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
2 Definition

Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.

Example Sentences
  • My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."
3 Definition

Sole, only.

Example Sentences
  • He is the one man who can help you.
4 Definition

Whole, entire.

Example Sentences
  • Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
5 Definition

In agreement.

Example Sentences
  • We are one on the importance of learning.
6 Definition

The same.

Example Sentences
  • The two types look very different, but are one species.
7 Definition

Being a preeminent example.

Example Sentences
  • He is one hell of a guy.
8 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
Numeral
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
2 Definition

The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.

3 Definition

The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.

4 Definition

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

Pronoun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Any one of the boys.  The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.
2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
3 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • 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.
4 Definition

(pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.

Example Sentences
  • "driver", noun: one who drives.