one
one - Translingual
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈwan]
Noun
one
one - English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wʌn/
- (obsolete) enPR: ōn, IPA: /oʊn/; (Early Modern English) IPA: /ɔːn/
Around the 14th century, in southwest and western England, the word began to be pronounced with an initial /w/ (compare e.g. woak, Middle English wocke, a dialectal form of oak), and the spellings won and wone began to be found alongside on, one; the /w/, though initially nonstandard, had become the norm by the 18th century. In alone, atone, and only, as well as in the dialectal form un, 'un (and in none and no), the older pronunciations without /w/ are preserved, while once shows the same /w/.
Numeral
one
- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
- In some religions, there is only one god.
- In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
- One person, one vote.
- (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
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Pronoun
one (reflexive oneself, possessive adjective one’s, plural ones)
- (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
- Any one of the boys. The big one looks good. I want the green one. Every one of the bank’s employees. A good driver is one who drives carefully.
- (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
- (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
- 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.
- Synonym: generic you
- (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
- "driver", noun: one who drives.
Usage notes
- See they § Usage notes.
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Noun
one (plural ones)
- The digit or figure 1.
- (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- (US) A one-dollar bill.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.
- That car's the one — I'll buy it.
- (dated) (euphemistic or derogatory) A gay person.
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!1!?1!
- Someone help me; I'm always losing!?
- B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
- Why don't you just go away loser!
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Adjective
one (not comparable)
- Of a period of time, being particular.
- One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."
- Sole, only.
- He is the one man who can help you.
- The one male audience member at the concert is invited on stage.
- Whole, entire.
- Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
- In agreement.
- We are one on the importance of learning.
- The same.
- The two types look very different, but are one species.
- Being a preeminent example.
- He is one hell of a guy.
- Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
- The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
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Verb
one (third-person singular simple present ones, present participle oning, simple past and past participle oned)
- To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
Pronunciation
- (Singapore) IPA: /wʌn/, [wɐn˦], [-˧], (before a pause and at the end of sentences) [wɐn(˧˨)]
Particle
one (Singapore, Singlish)
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
- Got almonds one. ― There are almonds in it.
- How come so heavy one? ― Why is it so heavy?
- Used to emphasize or explain something without specifying the direct object.
- My friend in Germany send one. ― It was sent by my friend in Germany.
- She tell me one. ― She told me.
- Who say one? ― Who said so?
- A nominalizer; used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
- The play chess one. ― The one who plays chess.
Pronoun
one (Singapore, Singlish)
- Used as a noun substituent following a possessive determiner.
- My one is not as good as yours. ― Mine isn't as good as yours.
- This is Brian's one. ― This belongs to Brian.
- (relative) Functions as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
Anagrams
one - Aiwoo
Verb
one
- to hunt
one - Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈo.ne/
Noun
one
one - Japanese
Romanization
one
one - Kustenau
Noun
one
one - Mangarevan
Noun
one
one - Maori
Noun
one
one - Middle English
Preposition
one
- Alternative form of on
Adverb
one
- Alternative form of on (“on”)
Numeral
one
- Alternative form of on
Adverb
one
- Alternative form of on (“singly”)
Noun
one (uncountable)
- Alternative form of hone (“delay”)
Verb
one (third-person singular simple present oneth, present participle onende, onynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle oned)
- Alternative form of onen
Verb
one (third-person singular simple present an, present participle onende, first-/third-person singular past indicative oðe, past participle onen)
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of unnen
Noun
one (uncountable)
- Alternative form of wone (“course”)
Noun
one (plural ones)
- Alternative form of oven
Adjective
one
- Alternative form of owen
one - Niuean
Noun
one
one - Old Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔːne/
Preposition
one
one - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔ.nɛ/
- Syllabification: o‧ne
Pronoun
one pl
- nominative plural of ona; they; nonvirile third-person plural pronoun, used for all groups not containing men
Declension
one - Rarotongan
Noun
one
one - Samoan
Noun
one
one - Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ǒne/
- Hyphenation: o‧ne
Pronoun
òne (Cyrillic spelling о̀не)
- they (nominative plural of òna (“she”)); nonvirile third-person plural pronoun, used for all groups not containing men
- masculine plural accusative of onaj
Declension
Singular | Plural | |||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | ȏn | òna | òno | òni | òne | òna |
genitive | njȅga, ga | njȇ, je | njȅga, ga | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih |
dative | njȅmu, mu | njȏj, joj | njȅmu, mu | njȉma, im | njȉma, im | njȉma, im |
accusative | njȅga, ga, nj | njȗ, ju, je | njȅga, ga, nj | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih |
vocative | — | — | — | — | — | — |
locative | njȅm, njȅmu | njȏj | njȅm, njȅmu | njȉma | njȉma | njȉma |
instrumental | njȋm, njíme | njȏm, njóme | njȋm, njíme | njȉma | njȉma | njȉma |
one - Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɔ̀ːnɛ/
Pronoun
óne
- they (feminine plural, more than two)
Inflection
Forms between parentheses indicate clitic forms; the main forms are used for emphasis.
singular | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | òn | ôna | ôno |
accusative | njêga (ga, -nj) | njó (jo, -njo) | njêga (ga, -nj) |
genitive | njêga (ga) | njé (je) | njêga (ga) |
dative | njêmu (mu) | njéj, njèj, njì (ji) | njêmu (mu) |
locative | njêm | njéj, njèj, njì | njêm |
instrumental | njím | njó | njím |
possessive | njegôv, njegòv | njén | njegôv, njegòv |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ônadva | ônidve, onédve | ônidve, onédve |
accusative | njíju (ju, -nju) or plural | njíju (ju, -nju) or plural | njíju (ju, -nju) or plural |
genitive | njíju (ju) or plural | njíju (ju) or plural | njíju (ju) or plural |
dative | njíma (jima) | njíma (jima) | njíma (jima) |
locative | njíju or plural | njíju or plural | njíju or plural |
instrumental | njíma | njíma | njíma |
possessive | njún | njún | njún |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ôni | ône | ôna |
accusative | njìh (jih, -nje) | njìh (jih, -nje) | njìh (jih, -nje) |
genitive | njìh (jih) | njìh (jih) | njìh (jih) |
dative | njìm (jim) | njìm (jim) | njìm (jim) |
locative | njìh | njìh | njìh |
instrumental | njími | njími | njími |
possessive | njíhov | njíhov | njíhov |
one - Tahitian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔ.ne/
Noun
one
one - Tikopia
Noun
one
one - Tokelauan
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈo.ne/
- Hyphenation: o‧ne
Noun
one
Derived terms
one - Tuamotuan
Noun
one
one - Volapük
Pronoun
one