Definitions
How to pronounce one:
One - as a noun
The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
Example: "He has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"
A single person or thing
Example: "He is the best one"
One - as an adjective satellite
Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
Example: "`ane' is scottish"
Having the indivisible character of a unit
Example: "A unitary action"
Of the same kind or quality
Example: "Two animals of one species"
(informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
Example: "That is one fine dog"
Indefinite in time or position
Example: "He will come one day"
Being a single entity made by combining separate components
Example: "Three chemicals combining into one solution"
Eminent beyond or above comparison
Example: "Matchless beauty"
One - as a verb
To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
One - as an adjective
Of a period of time, being particular.
Example: "One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries."
Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
Example: "My aunt used to say, "one day is just like the other.""
Sole, only.
Example: "He is the one man who can help you."
Whole, entire.
Example: "Body and soul are not separate; they are one."
In agreement.
Example: "We are one on the importance of learning."
The same.
Example: "The two types look very different, but are one species."
Being a preeminent example.
Example: "He is one hell of a guy."
Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
Example: "The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “a. lincoln”."
One - as a numeral
The number represented by the arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
Example: "In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth."
The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
One - as a pronoun
(impersonal pronoun, indefinite) one thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
Example: "Any one of the boys. the big one looks good. i want the green one. a good driver is one who drives carefully."
(impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") the first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
Example: "She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other."
(indefinite personal pronoun) any person (applying to people in general).
Example: "One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. one shouldn’t be too quick to judge."
(pronoun) any person, entity or thing.
Example: ""driver", noun: one who drives."
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
ONE has a SCRABBLE points total of 3.
ONE has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 4.
ONE has a WORDFEUD points total of 3.
