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One   /wən/  /hwən/   Listen
adjective
One  adj.  
1.
Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual. "The dream of Pharaoh is one." "O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England."
2.
Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of indefinitely; a certain. "I am the sister of one Claudio" (), that is, of a certain man named Claudio.
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. "From the one side of heaven unto the other."
4.
Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole. "The church is therefore one, though the members may be many."
5.
Single in kind; the same; a common. "One plague was on you all, and on your lords."
6.
Single; unmarried. (Obs.) "Men may counsel a woman to be one." 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.
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.
One day.
(a)
On a certain day, not definitely specified, referring to time past. "One day when Phoebe fair, With all her band, was following the chase."
(b)
Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or period in the future; some day. "Well, I will marry one day."


pronoun
One  pron.  Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self. "It was well worth one's while." "Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's self as one best can." 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. "When any one heareth the word." "She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia." "The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought against one another." "The gentry received one another."


noun
One  n.  
1.
A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
2.
A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
3.
A single person or thing. "The shining ones." "Hence, with your little ones." "He will hate the one, and love the other." "That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory."
After one, after one fashion; alike. (Obs.)
At one, in agreement or concord. See At one, in the Vocab.
Ever in one, continually; perpetually; always. (Obs.)
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."
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.


verb
One  v. t.  To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite. (Obs.) "The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to treasure of the world."


suffix
-one  suff.  (Chem.) A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.


-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)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"One" Quotes from Famous Books



... forced steadily back. Their chariots, enormously outnumbered, were destroyed rather than defeated. The horses fell pierced by the terrible rain of arrows, and the wave of Egyptians passed over them. The king, looking round in his chariot, saw that all was lost here, and that the only hope was to gain one or other of the masses of his infantry on the flank, and to lead them off the field in solid order. But as he turned to give orders, a shaft sent by a bowman in a chariot a few yards away struck him in the eye and he fell back dead in ...
— The Cat of Bubastes - A Tale of Ancient Egypt • G. A. Henty
... ever had before. His manner was cool and determined, as though conscious of possessing power sufficient to enforce his demands. The Nabob behaved with all the faithlessness of an Indian statesman and with all the levity of a boy. He promised, retracted, hesitated, evaded. At one time he advanced with his army in a threatening manner toward Calcutta, but when he saw the resolute front which the English presented, be fell back in alarm, and consented to make ...
— Ten Great Events in History • James Johonnot
... his memoirs and report makes mention of this fact. General McCook himself belongs to a family which furnished many volunteers to the army. I refer to these circumstances with minuteness because I did General McCook injustice in my article in the Century, though not to the extent one would suppose from the public press. I am not willing to do any one an injustice, and if convinced that I have done one, I am always willing to make the ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan
... husband's sake than any thing else, I'd make the house too hot for them; they should say and swear, hell were broken loose, ere they went. But by God's bread, 'tis nobody's fault but yours; for an you had done as you might have done, they should have been damn'd ere they should have come in, e'er a one of them. ...
— Every Man In His Humour • Ben Jonson
... untidiness and confusion, its litter of boards, tools and battered paint pots, the shop was unquestionably one of the most homey corners of the Spence cottage. Its rough, unsheathed walls, mellowed to a dull buff tone, were here and there adorned with prints culled by Willie from magazines and newspapers. Likenesses of Lincoln and Roosevelt flanked the windows with an American flag above ...
— Flood Tide • Sara Ware Bassett


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