Lexic.us

Definition of One

1. Adjective. Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more. "`ane' is Scottish"

2. Noun. The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. "They had lunch at one"

3. Adjective. Having the indivisible character of a unit. "Spoke with one voice"

4. Noun. A single person or thing. "This is the one I ordered"

5. Adjective. Of the same kind or quality. "Two animals of one species"

6. Adjective. Used informally as an intensifier. "That is one fine dog"

7. Adjective. Indefinite in time or position. "One place or another"

8. Adjective. Being a single entity made by combining separate components. "Three chemicals combining into one solution"

9. Adjective. Eminent beyond or above comparison. "Unrivaled mastery of her art"

Definition of One

1. a. Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual.

2. n. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.

3. indef. pron. Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.

4. v. t. To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.

Definition of One

1. Cardinal numeral. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 1; the first number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. Ordinal: first. ¹

2. Cardinal numeral. The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called ''first'' or ''number one''. ¹

3. Pronoun. (context: impersonal pronoun) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group. ¹

4. Pronoun. (context: impersonal pronoun sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other. ¹

5. Pronoun. (context: indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general). ¹

6. Pronoun. (context: pronoun) Any person, entity or thing. ¹

7. Noun. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. ¹

8. Noun. The digit or figure 1. ¹

9. Noun. (American English) A one-dollar bill. ¹

10. Noun. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single. ¹

11. Noun. (Internet slang leet sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating n00bs who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points. ¹

12. Noun. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing. ¹

13. Adjective. Of a period of time, being particular; as, one morning, one year. ¹

14. Adjective. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any. ¹

15. Adjective. Sole, only. ¹

16. Adjective. Whole, entire. ¹

17. Adjective. In agreement. ¹

18. Adjective. The same. ¹

19. Adjective. Being a preeminent example. ¹

20. Adjective. Being an unknown person with the specified name. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of One

1. a number [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of One

oncotomy oncotropic oncovin oncovirus oncoviruses oncus ondansetron ondatras onde ondines

onding ondings ondogram ondograms ondulatory one (current term) one's one's bark is worse than one's bite one's blood runs cold one's days are numbered

one's got to do what one's got to do one's heart is in the right place one's jig is up one's marbles one's self one's socks off one's word is law one(a) one-and-done one-and-one

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