From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
one
adj 1: used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane'
is Scottish" [syn: one, 1, i, ane]
2: having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary
action"; "spoke with one voice" [syn: {one(a)}, unitary]
3: of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species"
4: used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog"
5: indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one
place or another"
6: being a single entity made by combining separate components;
"three chemicals combining into one solution"
7: eminent beyond or above comparison; "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"
[syn: matchless, nonpareil, {one(a)}, {one and only(a)},
peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled,
unrivalled]
n 1: 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" [syn: one, 1, I,
ace, single, unity]
2: a single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the
one I ordered"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
-one \-one\ suff. (Chem.)
A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of
which it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of
hydrocarbons, or the third series of unsaturated
hydrocarbons; as, nonone. [archaic]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
-one \-one\ ([=o]n). [From Gr. -w`nh, signifying, female
descendant.] (Chem.)
A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which
it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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The dream of Pharaoh is one. --Gen. xli.
25.
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O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England.
--Shak.
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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.
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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.
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From the one side of heaven unto the other. --Deut.
iv. 32.
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4. Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a
whole.
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The church is therefore one, though the members may
be many. --Bp. Pearson
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5. Single in kind; the same; a common.
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One plague was on you all, and on your lords. --1
Sam. vi. 4.
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6. Single; unmarried. [Obs.]
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Men may counsel a woman to be one. --Chaucer.
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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.
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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.
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One day when Phoebe fair,
With all her band, was following the chase.
--Spenser.
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(b) Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or
period in the future; some day.
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Well, I will marry one day. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
One \One\, n.
1. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
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2. A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
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3. A single person or thing. "The shining ones." --Bunyan.
"Hence, with your little ones." --Shak.
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He will hate the one, and love the other. --Matt.
vi. 24.
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That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the
other on thy left hand, in thy glory. --Mark x. 37.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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It was well worth one's while. --Hawthorne.
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Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's
self as one best can. --G. Eliot.
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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.
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When any one heareth the word. --Matt. xiii.
19.
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She knew every one who was any one in the land of
Bohemia. --Compton
Reade.
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The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought
against one another. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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The gentry received one another. --Thackeray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
One \One\, v. t.
To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to
unite; to assimilite. [Obs.]
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The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to
treasure of the world. --Chaucer.
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