Search results for 'one':

one noun 1 a the cardinal number 1; b the quantity that this represents, being a single unit. 2 a unity or unit. 3 any symbol for this, eg 1, I. 4 the age of one. 5 something, especially a garment or a person, whose size is denoted by the number 1. 6 the first hour after midnight or midday • Come at one o'clock • 1pm. 7 a score of one point. 8 colloq a story or joke • heard the one about the singing policeman? 9 (one for something) colloq an enthusiast of the specified thing • She's quite a one for chess. 10 colloq a drink, especially an alcoholic one • drop in for a quick one. 11 colloq a daring, remarkable or cheeky person • You are a one! adj 1 being a single unit, number or thing. 2 being a particular person or thing, especially as distinct from another or others of the same kind • lift one leg and then the other. 3 being a particular but unspecified instance or example • visit him one day soon. 4 being the only such • the one woman who can beat her. 5 same; identical • of one mind. 6 undivided; forming a single whole • They sang with one voice. 7 first • page one. 8 colloq an exceptional example or instance of something • That was one big fellow. 9 totalling one. 10 aged one. pronoun 1 (often referring to a noun already mentioned or implied) an individual person, thing or instance • buy the blue one. 2 anybody • One can't do better than that. 3 formal or facetious I; me • One doesn't like to pry. all one just the same; of no consequence • It's all one to me. at one with someone or something 1 in complete agreement with them. 2 in harmony with them • at one with nature. be one up on someone colloq to have an advantage over them. for one as one person • I for one don't agree. all in one 1 together; combined; as one unit or object, etc. 2 in one go or attempt. just one of those things an unfortunate event or situation that must be accepted. one and all everyone without exception. one and only used for emphasis: only. one another used as the object of a verb or preposition when an action takes place between two (or more than two) people, etc • Chris and Pat love one another. one by one one after the other; individually. one or two colloq a few.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon an.

-one combining form, chem signifying certain compounds, especially Ketones • acetone.