the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
<noun.quantity> he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it they had lunch at one
a single person or thing
<noun.cognition> he is the best one this is the one I ordered [ adj ]
used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
<adj.all> `ane' is Scottish
having the indivisible character of a unit
<adj.all> a unitary action spoke with one voice
of the same kind or quality
<adj.all> two animals of one species
used informally as an intensifier
<adj.all> that is one fine dog
indefinite in time or position
<adj.all> he will come one day one place or another
being a single entity made by combining separate components
<adj.all> three chemicals combining into one solution
eminent beyond or above comparison
<adj.all> 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 \One\ (w[u^]n), a. [OE. one, on, an, AS. [=a]n; akin to D. een, OS. [=e]n, OFries. [=e]n, [=a]n, G. ein, Dan. een, Sw. en, Icel. einn, Goth. ains, W. un, Ir. & Gael. aon, L. unus, earlier oinos, oenos, Gr. o'i`nh the ace on dice; cf. Skr. [=e]ka. The same word as the indefinite article a, an. [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; unmarried. [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; all the same; 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 in the future; some day.
Well, I will marry one day. --Shak.
One \One\ (w[u^]n), indef. pron. 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 \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 on one} contesting an opponent individually; -- in a contest.
{go one on one}, to contest one opponent by oneself; -- in a game, esp. basketball. [1913 Webster +PJC]
One \One\, v. t. 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.
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