The Collaborative International Dictionary
One \One\, n.
A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
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A single person or thing. ``The shining ones.''
--Bunyan. ``Hence, with your little ones.''
--Shak.He will hate the one, and love the other.
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That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
--Mark x. 37.After one, after one fashion; alike. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.At one, in agreement or concord. See At one, in the Vocab.
Ever in one, continually; perpetually; always. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.In one, in union; in a single whole.
One and one, One by one, singly; one at a time; one after another. ``Raising one by one the suppliant crew.''
--Dryden.one on one contesting an opponent individually; -- in a contest.
go one on one, to contest one opponent by oneself; -- in a game, esp. basketball.