one

Definitions

1. 1

   A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.

2. 2

   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 hydrocarbonsl as, nonone.

3. 3adjective

   Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual.

4. 4adjective

   Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of indefinitely; a certain. "I am the sister of one Claudio" [Shak.], that is, of a certain man named Claudio.

5. 5adjective

   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.

6. 6adjective

   Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole.

7. 7adjective

   Single in kind; the same; a common.

8. 8adjective

   Single; inmarried.

9. 9noun

   A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.

10. 10noun

    A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.

11. 11noun

    A single person or thing.

12. 12indef pronoun

    Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.

13. 13transitive verb

    To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.

14. 14noun

    a single person or thing

    "he is the best one"

    "this is the one I ordered"

15. 15noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    acesingleunity
16. 16adjective

    eminent beyond or above comparison

    "matchless beauty"

    "the team's nonpareil center fielder"

    Synonyms

    matchlessnonpareilpeerlessunmatchableunmatchedunrivaledunrivalled
17. 17adjective

    indefinite in time or position

    "he will come one day"

    "one place or another"

18. 18adjective

    being a single entity made by combining separate components

    "three chemicals combining into one solution"

19. 19adjective

    used informally as an intensifier

    "that is one fine dog"

20. 20adjective

    of the same kind or quality

    "two animals of one species"

21. 21adjective

    used of a single unit or thing; not two or more

    "`ane' is Scottish"

    Synonyms

    ane
22. 22adjective

    having the indivisible character of a unit

    "a unitary action"

    "spoke with one voice"

    Synonyms

    unitary