one

  • (noun): The digit or figure 1.
  • (noun): The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
  • (noun): A one-dollar bill.
  • (noun): One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
  • (noun): A joke or amusing anecdote.
  • (noun): A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
  • (noun): (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".
  • (verb): To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
  • (adjective): Of a period of time, being particular.
  • (adjective): Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
  • (adjective): Sole, only.
  • (adjective): Whole, entire.
  • (adjective): In agreement.
  • (adjective): The same.
  • (adjective): Being a preeminent example.
  • (adjective): Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
  • (numeral): The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
  • (numeral): The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
  • (numeral): The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
  • (numeral): The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
  • (pronoun): (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
  • (pronoun): (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
  • (pronoun): (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
  • (pronoun): (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
  • I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.
  • 2003 September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11one!!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, Usenet
  • One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
  • My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."
  • He is the one man who can help you.