one

one
cardinal number
1》 the lowest cardinal number; half of two; 1. (Roman numeral: i or I.)
2》 a single person or thing.
    ↘single; sole.
    ↘denoting a particular item of a pair or number of items.
    ↘(before a person's name) a certain.
3》 identical; the same.
4》 informal a joke or story.
5》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. a noteworthy example of: he was one smart-mouthed troublemaker.
pronoun
1》 referring to a person or thing previously mentioned or easily identified.
2》 a person of a specified kind.
3》 [third person singular] used to refer to the speaker, or any person, as representing people in general.
Phrases
at one in agreement or harmony.
be one up on informal have an advantage over (someone).
one after another (or the other) following one another in quick succession.
one and all everyone.
one and only unique; single.
one another each other.
one by one separately and in succession.
one day at a particular but unspecified time in the past or future.
one or two informal a few.
Derivatives
onefold adjective
Origin
OE ān, of Gmc origin.
Usage
In modern English one as a pronoun meaning ‘anyone’ or ‘me and people in general’, as in one must try one's best, is generally only used in formal and written contexts, and can be regarded as pompous or over-formal. In informal and spoken contexts the normal alternative is you, as in you have to do what you can, don't you?

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • One — One, n. 1. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i. [1913 Webster] 3. A single person or thing. The shining ones. Bunyan. Hence, with your little ones. Shak. [1913 Webster] He… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] It was well worth one s while. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] Against this sort of condemnation one must… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • One — One, v. t. To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to treasure of the world. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • -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] [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • -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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • one-up — a. Ahead of a friend or competitor in some competitive activity. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • one — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin unus (Old Latin oinos), Sanskrit eka Date: before 12th century 1. being a single unit or thing < one day at a time > 2. a. being one in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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