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One

/wan/

The digit or figure 1.

📖 Definitions of "One"

noun
  1. 1

    The digit or figure 1.

  2. 2

    The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.

  3. 3

    A one-dollar bill.

  4. 4

    One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.

verb
  1. 1

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

adjective
  1. 1

    Of a period of time, being particular.

    "One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries."

  2. 2

    Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.

    "My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.""

  3. 3

    Sole, only.

    "He is the one man who can help you."

  4. 4

    Whole, entire.

    "Body and soul are not separate; they are one."

numeral
  1. 1

    The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.

    "In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth."

  2. 2

    The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.

  3. 3

    The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.

  4. 4

    The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.

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