one

Meanings

Pronoun

• One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
• The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
• Any person (applying to people in general).
• Any person, entity or thing.

Noun

• The digit or figure 1.
• The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
• A one-dollar bill.
• One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
• One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
• A joke or amusing anecdote.
• A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
• Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".

Adjective

• Of a period of time, being particular.
• Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
• Sole, only.
• Whole, entire.
• In agreement.
• The same.
• Being a preeminent example.
• Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".

Verb

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

Related

Similar words

• yan
• you, they
• unity
• single
• 1, eleven

Origin

• From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin; North Frisian ån; Saterland Frisian aan; West Frisian ien ("one"); Dutch een, één; German Low German een; German ein, eins; Swedish en; Norwegian Nynorsk ein, Icelandic einn; Latin ūnus (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н. Uno.
• Use as indefinite personal pronoun influenced by unrelated French on.
• Verb form from Middle English onen.