Definition of ONE

one

Meanings

Plural: ones

Noun

  • 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"
  • a single person or thing
    • "he is the best one"
    • "this is the one I ordered"
  • The digit or figure 1.
  • Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context
  • A one-dollar bill.
  • Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context
  • One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
  • Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context
  • One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
  • Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context
  • A joke or amusing anecdote.
  • Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context
  • An alcoholic drink, especially a pint or can of beer.
  • Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context
  • An act of sexual intercourse.
  • A person (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
  • A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
  • A gay person.
  • The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
  • 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".

Adjective Satellite

  • used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
  • having the indivisible character of a unit
    • "spoke with one voice"
  • of the same kind or quality
    • "two animals of one species"
  • used informally as an intensifier
    • "that is one fine dog"
  • indefinite in time or position
    • "he will come one day"
    • "one place or another"
  • being a single entity made by combining separate components
    • "three chemicals combining into one solution"
  • eminent beyond or above comparison
    • "she's one girl in a million"
    • "the one and only Muhammad Ali"

Num

  • The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
  • The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
  • The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
  • The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.

Pron

  • One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
  • Used after an adjective (but not after an attributive or possessive noun) to form a noun phrase.
  • The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
  • Any person (applying to people in general).
  • Any person, entity or thing.
  • Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.

Adj

  • Of a period of time, being particular.
  • Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
  • Sole, only.
  • Whole, entire.
  • In agreement.
  • The same.

Det

  • A single.
  • Used for emphasis in place of a
  • Being a preeminent example.
  • Used for emphasis in place of a
  • Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".

Verb

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

Particle

  • Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
  • Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.
  • Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
  • A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*h₁óynos
From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”).
Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); North Frisian ån (“one”); Saterland Frisian aan (“one”); West Frisian ien (“one”); Dutch een, één (“one”); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one”); Danish en (“one”); Swedish en (“one”); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”); Latin ūnus (“one”) (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н (odín), Spanish uno. Doublet of a, an, and Uno.
The use as an indefinite personal pronoun may have been influenced by unrelated French on, although the Germanic languages widely use cognates for the same sense (usually in non-subject function, but also in subject function, e.g. Luxembourgish een).
Verb form from Middle English onen.

Synonyms

1, ace, ane, eleven, generic you, i, I, matchless, nonpareil, one and only, peerless, single, they, unitary, unity, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled, yan, yen, you

Antonyms

;, a couple of, a few, a handful of, countless, many, multiple, no, numerous, several, various, zero

Scrabble Score: 3

one is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
one is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
one is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

one is a valid Words With Friends word