one

one
one ► CARDINAL NUMBER 1) the lowest cardinal number; 1. (Roman numeral: i or I.) 2) single, or a single person or thing. 3) (before a person's name) a certain. 4) informal, chiefly N. Amer. a noteworthy example of. 5) identical; the same.
► PRONOUN 1) used to refer to a person or thing previously mentioned or easily identified. 2) a person of a specified kind. 3) (third person sing. ) used to refer to the speaker, or any person, as representing people in general.
● at one — Cf. ↑at one
● one after another (or the other) — Cf. ↑one after the other
● one and all — Cf. ↑one and all
● one and only — Cf. ↑one and only
● one another — Cf. ↑one another
● one by one — Cf. ↑one by one
● one day — Cf. ↑one of these days
● one or another (or the other) — Cf. ↑one or the other
● one or two — Cf. ↑one or two
ORIGIN Old English.

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