Word Finder - one

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The digit or figure 1.

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The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.

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A one-dollar bill.

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

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A joke or amusing anecdote.

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A particularly special or compatible person or thing.

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I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.

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(leet) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".

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2003 September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11one!!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, Usenet

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

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Of a period of time, being particular.

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

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Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.

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

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Sole, only.

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He is the one man who can help you.

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Whole, entire.

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Body and soul are not separate; they are one.

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In agreement.

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We are one on the importance of learning.

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The same.

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The two types look very different, but are one species.

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Being a preeminent example.

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He is one hell of a guy.

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Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".

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The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.

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

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

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The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.

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The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.

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

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(impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.

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Any one of the boys.  The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.

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(impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.

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She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.

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(indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).

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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.

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(pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.

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"driver", noun: one who drives.