Noun
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a single person or thing
"he is the best one"
"this is the one I ordered"
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the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
"he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"
"they had lunch at one"
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Adjective
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eminent beyond or above comparison
"matchless beauty"
"the team's nonpareil center fielder"
"she's one girl in a million"
"the one and only Muhammad Ali"
"a peerless scholar"
"infamy unmatched in the Western world"
"wrote with unmatchable clarity"
"unrivaled mastery of her art"
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being a single entity made by combining separate components
"three chemicals combining into one solution"
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indefinite in time or position
"he will come one day"
"one place or another"
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used informally as an intensifier
"that is one fine dog"
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of the same kind or quality
"two animals of one species"
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having the indivisible character of a unit
"a unitary action"
"spoke with one voice"
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used of a single unit or thing
not two or more
"`ane' is Scottish"
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