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The Meaning of one

  • (a.) Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole.
  • (a.) Single in kind; the same; a common.
  • (a.) Single; inmarried.
  • (n.) A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
  • (n.) A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
  • (n.) A single person or thing.
  • (indef. pron.) Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.
  • (v. t.) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.

Synonyms

1 , I , ace , single , unity , 1 , i , ane , unitary , matchless , nonpareil , one and only , peerless , unmatched , unmatchable , unrivaled , unrivalled

Homophones

won

Rhymes

anyone , been , begun , blowgun , bruhn , brun , brunn , bun , bunn , byun , c1 , chun , chunn , done , donne , dun , dunn , dunne , erven , everyone , fun , grandson , gruhn , grun , gun , gunn , handgun , homerun , homespun , huhn , hun , hunn , hyun , kun , lajeune , luhn , lun , lunn , m1 , mcfun , mcmunn , mun , munn , none , nuhn , nun , nunn , outdone , outgun , outrun , overdone , overrun , puget-1 , pun , rerun , run , shotgun , shun , simeone , someone , son , spun , stepson , stun , sun , terrebonne , than , thrun , thun , ton , tonne , un , undone , won , youn , yun