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Definition of one in English: onecardinal number wʌnwən 1The lowest cardinal number; half of two; 1. there's only room for one person two could live as cheaply as one Example sentencesExamples - Hathaway executed a will leaving each child one dollar and the remainder of his estate to his wife.
- We need families to open their hearts and to accept a child into the warmth of their family life for one month a year.
- Applicants with one or more years of university study were selected on the basis of their previous university performance.
- Crimes and offences involving drugs in Orkney have more than doubled over a one year period.
- The antenna will protrude one metre from the barn roof and be one inch thick.
- The attack had a devastating effect on her life and she did not go out socialising again in the city for one and a half years.
- The garden is enclosed with shrubs and has parking room for one car at the rear.
- It is also going to get rid of the 20 minute bays and make them available for one and two hour parking.
- Instead of putting one pair of socks on, try putting on two.
- In the original wards there were six four-bed bays and six one-bed bays with lavatories at each end of the ward.
- I made good friends there and for one whole year we went out on the town after every class.
- She has already lost more than one stone after plenty of walking and changing her diet.
- Add the remaining ingredients, put a lid on the wok, and cook on high heat for one minute.
- We had to wait in line for one hour, and it was another hour before we got our food.
- Smith, who appeared in the dock of courtroom one, spoke only to confirm his name.
- It also has four primary schools and one high school, meaning good pupil to teacher ratios.
- A mother of four who caused a road crash which left a cyclist dead has been banned from driving for one year.
- So the young people are asked to do a course for one day, well in advance of their marriage.
- If you're caffeine-sensitive, you may want to choose your tea based on the caffeine content in one cup.
- In 1952 there were over one million people involved in agriculture.
- Place all the ingredients in a blender and whizz for approximately one minute until smooth.
Synonyms a single, a solitary, a sole, a lone - 1.1 A single person or thing.
they would straggle home in ones and twos Example sentencesExamples - You may bid by ones until you reach 60; bids above 60 must be multiples of 5 (65, 70, 75 etc.).
- Organising on the job was difficult as it involved chasing up members in ones and twos and having to go back to the job if a member was off sick.
- When asked for comment the wholesaler said that their price for a single pen was high because they didn't want to sell them by ones.
- He mostly takes people out in groups of ones and twos, and normally it's in a wide-open space.
- Many of us tend to buy products in just ones or twos.
Synonyms a single, a solitary, a sole, a lone - 1.2 Just one as opposed to any more or to none at all; single (used for emphasis)
her one concern is to save her daughter Example sentencesExamples - To top it all off, Chelsea then field a team with not one English player in its original line up.
- Having led a sheltered sort of life, I've only ever been out for one business lunch.
- We only had one realistic offer since then and that was before Sandra was on the list.
- How is it possible for one person to get so much sleep and still feel tired?
- The one thing about living in a block of flats is not having to worry about the roof leaking.
- If I spend one night away from him I feel as if my right arm has been chopped off.
- The variety of style is probably too wide for one person's taste, but the quality remains high.
- More of the speakers admit openly that drug smuggling was their one chance at something better.
- I don't think there's one nursing home in York that can get to normal staffing levels.
- The one certainty about his retirement is that he intends to make a clean break from the sport.
- So I struggled gamely on, feeling the shakes kicking in all over, the one thought in my mind ‘home!’
- But now she is heading back to Oz and we met up for one last lunch to say our goodbyes.
- On the late shift this will cause a lot of problems, there is too much work for one person to do.
- What is it that makes you decide that one person sounds more attractive than another?
- She's the one woman who can beat him at his own game of sexual one-upmanship.
- Limiting the field to one particular sanctuary would seem to be a promising alternative.
- The one truth about this career, like many others, is that initially you have to do the legwork.
- There was only one small problem - Cole had no money and no idea how to start his own business.
- Balwyn had possession from the end ball and there was time enough for one final shot.
- But in the end he lacked the sagacity or the low cunning to do the one thing necessary.
Synonyms only, single, solitary, sole - 1.3 Denoting a particular item of a pair or number of items.
electronics is one of his hobbies a glass tube closed at one end Example sentencesExamples - It is also not possible for one spouse to sell the marital home from underneath the other.
- Keighley captained the Second XI for a while and was also in charge of the first team for one match.
- Hop on at Queen's pier and sail out for a few beers or supper at one of the waterfront restaurants.
- You get one guy at one end of the room, another guy at the other end, get the audience in the middle and just go.
- His bike hit the pillar at one side of the entrance to the driveway and the pillar just collapsed on him.
- Often you stop to watch one thing and another mini-drama crops up.
- More often than not, the bands we go to see in Manchester tend to be at one of the University venues.
- Lack of investment, according to one former employee, has been going on for many years.
- Even costly fuel has not stemmed the tide, and one new car in three is now diesel-powered.
- One city in Alaska has 17 different air carriers.
- So one day, after she begged me, I took her to meet the band at one of their rehearsals.
- He was buried from the family house in Oban, which is at one end of town, beyond the station.
- Look at one person, sing a syllable for a long time until the breath has gone, then move to the next.
- Applying for one of these cards makes a great deal of sense, even if you don't need to borrow.
- He appears not to have slept and is twitching slightly at one corner of his mouth.
- We grabbed a drink at the bar before sitting at one of the lounge seats close to the entrance.
- We will know more in a month but so far, the scientists are guessing the odds at one in a million.
- The money was spent on posters for one of the wards and pain-relieving equipment.
- Either way, I felt that this was one important element of festival life that was lacking.
- Instead, a temporary wall was put up at one end and a prefab hut was drafted in as church hall.
- Police were today also examining two computers, one seized from each of the girl's houses.
- Lil had one hand over her mouth and was sporadically clenching her eyes shut.
- 1.4 Denoting a particular but unspecified occasion or period.
one afternoon in late October Example sentencesExamples - On returning to his hotel one evening, he spied a cluster of moths fluttering about the shrub's small, yellow flowers.
- Since then he has had three heart bypasses and at one point was so sick he was given the last rites.
- He loved to talk to youngsters and at one stage he even asked me for a reference to get into church work.
- He was more than just a musician - and he was the best clarinettist in the world at one time.
- Last year we had Broughton Road shut at one time or another for most of the year.
- I puzzled over how best to build a box for her collection, and the idea finally came to me around 3 a.m. one night.
- His first victim was seized on the canal bank at Firgrove one June morning as she walked to work.
- There were also hopes at one stage that it might be used as part of the Imperial War Museum.
- We're thinking we might make our way to the sale on the other side of Guildford one weekend soon.
- It may even be possible that there were at one time plans for a spire, probably of timber.
- He looked pale and yawned several times, at one point cradling his head in his hands.
- He told us of one summer, when a couple of older boys dropped by to visit his older brother.
- He had friends of both sexes and at one time appeared to have a close woman friend.
- A remarkable story of someone who at one stage was not given much chance of living.
- I woke up early one morning, feeling quite sick.
- He was at one time head of the private office of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock.
- 1.5 Used before a name to denote a person who is not known to the reader or hearer; a certain.
he worked as a clerk for one Mr Ming Example sentencesExamples - You may have guessed by now that the striker I am referring to is one Dean Ashton.
- The drama follows the efforts of one Mrs Bennet to marry off her three daughters without any regard for the matter of true love in any such alliances.
- The first car to be registered in York belonged to one Mr Edwin Gray of Gray's Court, York.
- The hotel has a new man at the helm in the kitchens, one John Hogg from Scotland.
- 1.6North American informal A noteworthy example of (used for emphasis)
the actor was one smart-mouthed troublemaker he was one hell of a snappy dresser Example sentencesExamples - This is one fine looking and sounding DVD.
- As it is, well, they're one hell of a cult band.
- She's one amazing gal.
- It's gonna be one big party!
- 1.7 One year old.
Example sentencesExamples - I want to talk to my little girl who is going to be one today.
- 1.8 One o'clock.
Example sentencesExamples - By one in the morning everything was quiet again and we went back to bed.
- At half past one on a weekday the restaurant was less than half full.
- He looked at the clock: one forty.
- I started the work at half ten on Sunday night and finished at one on Monday morning.
- 1.9 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by one.
Example sentencesExamples - Candy dragged me into a shop, where she began sifting through a pile of skirts to find her size (a size one).
- She wasn't the tall skinny size one or the average size five that so many other girls on T.V. are.
- 1.10 A domino or dice with one spot.
Example sentencesExamples - It was a curious remark to make for one who dreamed of emulating Alexander the Great.
2The same; identical. all types of training meet one common standard Example sentencesExamples - It is also very rare for a school to produce four medal winners at one competition.
- You know those occasions when you are compelled to listen to one song over and over and over again?
- Suddenly these bacteria started swimming all in one direction across the microscope slide and he wondered what they were responding to.
- The reality is that teenagers are not one big group of people who all think and act the same.
- Soon it will be the one color all the other leaves have become, so it is grabbing my attention in a different way.
- Pretending that inequality and poverty are one and the same must be a bit of a downer.
- Two stories and two teenagers are linked by one event in this affecting story about the need to be loved.
- It is important to remember that all members of the team must be from the one club.
- I don't think I've ever seen so many golf buggies parked together in one place in my life!
- Next year all goods will be taxed at the one rate of 15 percent.
Synonyms only, single, solitary, sole 3informal A joke or story. the one about the Englishman, the Irishman, and the Yank Example sentencesExamples - And did you hear about the one about the drunk bear, walked into a bar?
- Ah, Jesus, that's a good one. Is it joking you are?
4informal An alcoholic drink. a cool one after a day on the water Example sentencesExamples - ‘Hey Terry, you only just got here and you've already had one too many’ he said, placing our drinks on a bench.
- I'll be in the bar at 12.30 if anyone fancies one.
- I'm off to the bar for a quick one.
5West Indian Alone. the time when you one tackled a field of cane and finished before the others had even started Example sentencesExamples - You think only Bella one can go to America.
- Anansi wanted the pig to eat an' he wanted to eat him one.
pronoun wʌnwən 1Referring to a person or thing previously mentioned or easily identified. her mood changed from one of moroseness to one of joy her best apron, the white one Example sentencesExamples - She had three rings on her right hand, all white metal, two with stones and one with a Celtic type band.
- All that's left now is to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and let's hope it's a white one!
- It was a decision I had to make for myself and my family, but it wasn't one that I made easily.
- Even his jokes are the same ones he was telling when he set off on the campaign trail months ago.
- You can easily tell the new scenes from the old ones, even if you've never seen the films before.
- The standard of care to be expected of a GP who is on the obstetric list is thus different from one who is not.
- As a result my time was not as quick as the one I had previously achieved this morning.
- This is a controversial point and one that foreign governments certainly overlook.
- These are all rather fetching names, though few of them are ones it would have occurred to me to choose.
- In the end, she found another apartment, at more than double the rent of her previous one.
- She knew she had the face of a teenager, and always hated being referred to as one.
- He pauses to pour himself another glass of white wine, but not before offering me one.
- Three commercial purchasers were identified and one was ready to conclude the sale.
- The men all had Irish accents and one was referred to Jon Jon.
- Can you manage to stack things into a bag so that the most fragile items are on the bottom, and the heavy ones are on the top?
- So how do you turn that feeling as the bank statement drops on your doormat from one of dread to joy?
- Police said it is not yet possible to say whether the incident was linked to the previous ones.
- I still have a jersey from 1995 but it's not that white anymore and it was time to get a new one.
- However, branching out on your own can be a huge step to take, not to mention a risky one too.
- This was not really an issue of black and white but one of perceived notions of right and wrong.
2A person of a specified kind. you're the one who ruined her life my friends and loved ones Example sentencesExamples - Frank was never one to act superior to the younger poets who were coming along.
- Younger ones are likely to be satisfied with a simple answer to questions.
- It probably won't win them new fans but should satisfy old ones and entice back some who gave up on the band.
- One feels for police who have to inform families that one of their loved ones has just been killed.
- There are many heartbreaking narratives from families whose loved ones have died of mental illnesses.
- She's the one who broke all my equipment.
- He's always the one who keeps the conversation going.
- They had to learn that she was not one to be trifled with.
- I really don't know where all the good looking ones are.
- Be thankful it is not one of your loved ones that have met their fate in this way.
- A recognition of others as being your dearest ones need not be confined to recognizing them as mothers alone.
- To go in the draw to win, all you have to do is write in and tell us why you should be one of the lucky ones to win a double pass.
- We tend to forget that the victim may as well have been one of our loved ones or even us.
- I'm not one for exercise videos, exercise equipment, etc.
- Thank you again, for the safe return of my dearest little ones.
- Some people create new holiday traditions or ways of honoring loved ones who have died.
- All I really know is that the good ones are always the ones who go before their time.
- How could we have thought that we would be the lucky ones?
- He's not one for making a fuss.
- The lucky ones who do get permission have the Immigration and Naturalization Service to thank.
- 2.1 A person who is remarkable in some way.
you never saw such a one for figures Example sentencesExamples - She has been described as one in a million because she steadfastly refused to be beaten by cancer.
- Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.
- Your photo of Susan Brookes of whom very few have heard, proclaimed her to be such a one.
- Oh you are a one - you've got me talking about my body already, and we hardly know each other!
3third person singular Used to refer to the speaker, or any person, as representing people in general. one must admire him for his willingness one gets the impression that he is ahead Example sentencesExamples - Such questions rest on premises that must be clarified before one can attempt answers.
- It is impossible not to know what the powers are, if one bothers to read the white paper.
- What is one to make, for example, of the way he is said to have behaved?
- In fact, one might wonder whether the photograph in such a situation can be of any use to a researcher at all.
- So one might worry that moral transformation might involve loss of this natural good.
- They are paintings so characteristic that one must think them very beautiful or else not at all so.
- Still, one does have to praise the DVD for its sound and vision.
- The second year after planting, one can expect to harvest about 1,000 lb per acre.
- On the press, Joe Ashton is scathing and one must feel sympathy for what he says.
- To answer this, one must look at the heritage from which this trend has arisen.
- It is in the context of such fears that choosing the sex of one's children must seem tempting.
- Secondly, the public health community generally believes that one must do no harm.
- It is one thing to assert one's good intentions, but another entirely to act upon them.
- For example, proximity to one's home and community may act as a spur to some to fight harder.
- In other contexts sacrificing oneself for one's family would be considered good.
- If that's how he intends to treat his new boss, one must fear for the players he has inherited.
- The way one moves forward philosophically is by looking backwards in a fresh manner.
- Must one now assume that empty bins do not represent an obstruction nor a serious safety hazard?
- Some have been so bad that one imagines the umpires must have taken him to be left-handed.
- Was this before, or after an encounter with Mr Knight, one is compelled to ask?
- One should never underestimate the unnatural things that food companies will do to natural foods.
Usage In modern English the use of one as a pronoun to mean ‘anyone’ or ‘me and people in general’, as in one must try one's best, is generally restricted to formal contexts, outside which it is likely to be regarded as rather pompous or old-fashioned. In informal and spoken contexts the normal alternative is you, as in you have to do what you can, don't you? Phrases they were completely at one with their environment Example sentencesExamples - United your resolve, united your hearts, may your spirits be at one, that you may long together dwell in unity and concord!
- What was less satisfactory was that the documentation and the underlying philosophy did not appear to be at one.
- And if you feel at one with nature, you can hike on one of the challenging trails or experience mountain biking.
- It was a jazz record both timeless and at one with the hippy spirit of the early 1970s.
- Reporters covering the war are at one with their technology as never before.
- Both are at one with a certain instinct of frugality, by which I do not mean meanness.
Synonyms in agreement, agreed, in unison, of the same opinion, of the same mind, of like mind, like-minded, at one, as one, in accord, in concord, unanimous, in sympathy, in rapport, in harmony, in unity, shoulder to shoulder
Used to stress that the person named holds the specified view, even if no one else does. I for one am getting a little sick of writing about it Example sentencesExamples - I for one am at a loss to understand how a hidden camera can have that effect.
- He wants to leave a legacy that will live forever and I for one believe he will do it.
- I for one have not seen the town and surrounding areas look so clean the years.
- He, for one, is not sure that the company would ever wish to sell the drug.
- The bookmakers, for one, weren't taking too many bets outside of the Gauls and the Poms.
- The government has lost its way and I for one am fed up of being told what to do by someone as out as touch as him.
- I for one, greatly admire Sean Connery, he is an all round good guy and a real man.
- I for one am looking forward to the publication of the Butler Report on Wednesday.
- I for one am very proud of our NHS in Wiltshire and they deserve our praise not our criticism.
- Annika Sorenstam, for one, will be motivated like no other to lift the trophy on home soil.
informal Understand or succeed in guessing something immediately. ‘You're just trying to distract me.’ She grinned. ‘Got it in one!’ Example sentencesExamples - Yup, you got it in one: companies would over-charge customers for the life assurance cover as well.
- ‘You got it in one,’ the look Beth gave Jen was just a bit more respectful.
- Three guesses as to what that might be… yes, you got it in one: the newly released Academic Legal Writing, written by a contributor to this blog.
- She smiled; I got it in one - Colin's ex-girlfriend.
- When Edna says ‘Men of Bob's age are unstable, prone to weakness ’, she's got it in one.
one after another (or the other) Following each other in quick succession. one after another the buses drew up Example sentencesExamples - She ran her two best times of the year, one after the other.
- Three lessons of physics on a Thursday afternoon, one after the other.
- The firefighters made a chair by linking arms and carried the couple out, one after the other, to a waiting boat moored to their garden gate.
- I ate 10 bars of chocolate one after the other when I was feeling very low.
- This could conceivably mean that Paul Simon, U2, and Eminem will all be performing one after the other.
- Events follow one after another and there comes a scene where the authorities hold him captive and question his identity.
- Rock and roll numbers, soul blockbusters and blues' anthems are knocked out one after the other at a breathless pace.
- While the three stories are separate and told one after the other, they share certain characters as well as the setting.
- This morning we flew over Lake George as the sun rose, illuminating the dams one after the other like beacons.
- Ms. McGarvie says it has become trendy to be in a series of year-long relationships, one after another.
Synonyms successive, succeeding, following, in succession, running, in a row, one after the other, back-to-back, continuous, solid, straight, uninterrupted, unbroken
Example sentencesExamples - His gentle and sincere disposition endeared him to one and all.
- A very happy New Year to one and all; and just as importantly for our industry, I hope it's prosperous.
- Neither firm nor trustees inquired into alternatives for members other than closing the final salary pension scheme to one and all.
- Thank you one and all, including the receptionists and nurses.
- The thoughts of one and all, both in the comment box and by email were appreciated.
- A sincere thanks to one and all and best wishes to everyone for a very Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.
- We had a lovely session at our ManchesterSummit, introducing one and all to Blogging.
- Yeah, you see, I've tried very, very hard to come up with a paragraph that'll win me busloads of sympathy from one and all.
- A good time was had by one and all and there are no complaints.
- A great night of fun and entertainment is promised to one and all with music on the night by the ever popular Quality Street.
Synonyms without opposition, with one accord, with one mind, to a man, as one, one and all, each and every one, bar none, without exception
Unique; single (used for emphasis or as a designation of a celebrity) the title of his one and only book the one and only Muhammad Ali Example sentencesExamples - Indeed the one and only, the inimitable John Dillon had delivered free traffic to Dublin.
- Soon after, she auditioned for the one and only part in Joan MacLeod's play The Shape of a Girl.
- The panel of judges includes the one and only John Romero, creator of Doom!
- This appears to be Harper Lee's one and only novel, and justifiably considered a classic.
- My one and only business-class flight, and I couldn't wait for it to be over.
- The stage was set for the era of black and white films and the mood for the era of the one and only Raj Kapoor.
- I suppose that's my one and only chance to see him live, and I will treasure that memory for ever.
- She claims, though, that it was the one and only time she'd been fired from a job.
- So I suppose this entry could count as my obligatory, one and only, intoxicated post.
- It is the one and only time his actions or words betray his age.
Separately and in succession; singly. Example sentencesExamples - Then it was time for all the sixth graders to go up one by one to get their promotion papers.
- We were able to put a platform across and took each person out of the lift, one by one.
- Mr Clegg then carried the group one one by one to the safety of the ground below.
- The steps, which have been blocked off since the end of July, are being replaced one by one.
- The doctor said that anyone who wanted to see her could come one by one to say goodbye.
- I re-organised my finances, sold some shares and then paid off my cards one by one until my debt was gone.
- We left quietly, one by one, without telling anyone and without taking anything with us.
- I suggested she made notes and then at the end of each section I would deal with her individual remarks one by one.
- He looked at each man in the room one by one and warned them icily what would happen if they were foolish enough to talk.
- To her horror, he doesn't stop there and goes on to admit all his crimes one by one.
Synonyms one by one, one at a time, one after the other, individually, separately, by oneself, on one's own
Denoting or referring to a situation in which one thing corresponds to or is exchanged for another. these donations would be matched on a one-for-one basis with public revenues Example sentencesExamples - However, I don't see why we can't get a one for one replacement.
- To save time, the decision was made to simply replace lamps and ballasts on a one-for-one basis.
- An individual gene doesn't necessarily confer a trait, a kind of a one for one relationship, and the drug industry has been a bit disappointed by the pay-off from the human genome project so far.
- He liked to trade punches with people, one for one.
- It was one for one, and before Lyle could react, Dominic kicked him in the chest where he had just been hit, sending him flying.
- Even the simple one-for-one replacement of existing light sources with new, high efficiency sources will produce significant savings.
one or another (or the other) Denoting or referring to a particular but unspecified one out of a set of items. not all instances fall neatly into one or another of these categories Example sentencesExamples - If one or the other of them gets control of that, they get control of the business.
- So, at any one time, one or another of us is going through some sort of turmoil, giving rise to unhappiness.
- There's only one explanation, and that is that one or the other of them went through our garbage and stole from it.
- That way, guests will move around more and not congregate next to one or the other in a big group.
- Every foreign policy action tends to reinforce one or the other of these approaches.
- Each block is labeled with the name of one or another of the characters.
- We always create in layers, using many elements, so that if you took away one or another of the elements there would still be a song there.
- He was sure that one or another of his brothers would accompany me to the peak.
- Sometimes one or the other of you will even find yourself considering giving up on the whole thing and ending the relationship.
- Instead I regularly travel to one or another of the more politically enlightened towns mentioned earlier to spend my pension.
there are one or two signs worth watching for Example sentencesExamples - One or two of his performers are experienced semiprofessionals who have competed in regional story-telling competitions.
- However, there are one or two things I would like to pick up on from your reports last week.
- Football wouldn't be the addictive game it is if it didn't throw up one or two surprises.
- There are one or two other people slouching around the departure area dispiritedly.
- It was a lovely sunny day, and one or two of us were even contemplating going for a little dip in the sea.
- I'll also be catching up with a couple of other friends and maybe even making one or two new ones.
- Some of them thought Paul Michel was real - one or two even tried to get hold of his novels.
- They have one or two players that he might loan to us and if they are good enough we would welcome them into our team.
- What further annoyed me was that there were one or two vacant seats but these were reserved.
- Apart from him and one or two others, I haven't a clue who most of these people are.
Synonyms handful, few, one or two, not many, a small number
informal Used to cover various unspecified matters or events. what with one thing and another she hadn't had much sleep recently Example sentencesExamples - He said: ‘Farmers, landowners and rural businesses of all types have had a rough time recently with one thing and another.’
- It's been quite a strenuous twenty-four hours, what with one thing and another.
- For the past year he's been in and out of hospital with one thing and another.
- Between one thing and another (we both have lives in non-blogosphere reality) it's taken the better part of two months to iron out the bugs.
- I think they're perfectly capable of cooperating here and there on one thing and another.
- What with one thing and another, I don't think weddings have been high on my agenda in the past few months - at least that's my excuse.
- What with one thing and another, I've neglected to reply to Right Wing Film Geek's thoughtful reply to me.
- There has been so much building here, we have been swamped by houses and one thing and another.
- I like my subject, but what with one thing and another I'm a bit overwhelmed here, and I could really do with some help.
- She's not been at her best recently what with one thing and another (mostly as a result of having an idiot for a husband), so it's your job to cheer her up a bit.
informal A person regarded as one's destined life partner. it sounds corny, but I think he's the one Example sentencesExamples - Well why not, we believe in horoscopes and fortune tellers and any mumbo jumbo people tell us about meeting THE ONE.
- I admit that I had plans for Scott, I really thought that he might be the one, because he's such a nice guy and I couldn't ask for anything more.
- Some people never meet the one.
- How the heck do you know if the one you love IS THE ONE?
- In other words, my philosophy (and recently confirmed with the women) is that you may miss out on one person you think is the one, but hey, there are others out there that may even better.
- Just continue to live your life, being receptive to the idea of running into the one when you least expect it.
- Well, I thought she could really (I mean it) be the one.
- It can't be easy getting all tarted up a couple of times a week in the hope that your blind date could be the one.
- He told his MOM that he thought I was the one.
- If she really is THE ONE, as Charles would say, I have to get this right.
- Tell her that although she's beautiful, funny, clever, sexy, adorable, loving, kind etc. etc., she's just not "THE ONE".
Origin Old English ān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch een and German ein, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin unus. The initial w sound developed before the 15th century and was occasionally represented in the spelling; it was not accepted into standard English until the late 17th century. Like the other main number words, one goes back to Old English. It shares an ancient root with Latin unus, and so is linked with such words as unique (early 17th century), unity (Middle English), and unison (Late Middle English). The one that got away is a term for something desirable that has eluded capture. The phrase comes from the angler's traditional way of trying to impress by boasting ‘You should have seen the one that got away’. A one-horse town is a small town with hardly any facilities, particularly in the USA. Such towns are associated with the Wild West, and the term is first recorded in a US magazine of 1855. The previous year, though, there is a record of a specific place of that name: ‘The principal mining localities are…Whiskey Creek, One Horse Town, One Mule Town, Clear Creek [etc.].’ Also American is the one-trick pony, a person with only one talent or area of expertise. This goes back to the days of travelling circuses in the early 20th century. It would be a poor circus whose pony had only one trick. Once and future refers to someone or something that is eternal, enduring, or constant. It probably comes from T. H. White's The Once and Future King (1958), a series of novels about King Arthur. In White's story the enchanter Merlyn says to Arthur: ‘Do you know what is going to be written on your tombstone? Hic jacet Arthurus Rex quondam Rexque futurus. Do you remember your Latin? It means, the once and future king.’ A bad experience can make you wary of the same thing happening again, a feeling which might be summed up concisely with the words once bitten, twice shy. The expression has been around since the late 19th century, although in the USA you might say instead once burned, twice shy.
Rhymes begun, bun, done, Donne, dun, fine-spun, forerun, fun, gun, Gunn, hon, Hun, none, nun, one-to-one, outdone, outgun, outrun, plus-one, pun, run, shun, son, spun, stun, sun, ton, tonne, tun, underdone, Verdun, won Definition of one in US English: onecardinal numberwənwən 1The lowest cardinal number; half of two; 1. there's only room for one person two could live as cheaply as one Example sentencesExamples - A mother of four who caused a road crash which left a cyclist dead has been banned from driving for one year.
- Add the remaining ingredients, put a lid on the wok, and cook on high heat for one minute.
- She has already lost more than one stone after plenty of walking and changing her diet.
- If you're caffeine-sensitive, you may want to choose your tea based on the caffeine content in one cup.
- In 1952 there were over one million people involved in agriculture.
- We had to wait in line for one hour, and it was another hour before we got our food.
- The garden is enclosed with shrubs and has parking room for one car at the rear.
- Applicants with one or more years of university study were selected on the basis of their previous university performance.
- Hathaway executed a will leaving each child one dollar and the remainder of his estate to his wife.
- We need families to open their hearts and to accept a child into the warmth of their family life for one month a year.
- In the original wards there were six four-bed bays and six one-bed bays with lavatories at each end of the ward.
- It also has four primary schools and one high school, meaning good pupil to teacher ratios.
- I made good friends there and for one whole year we went out on the town after every class.
- So the young people are asked to do a course for one day, well in advance of their marriage.
- Crimes and offences involving drugs in Orkney have more than doubled over a one year period.
- The antenna will protrude one metre from the barn roof and be one inch thick.
- The attack had a devastating effect on her life and she did not go out socialising again in the city for one and a half years.
- It is also going to get rid of the 20 minute bays and make them available for one and two hour parking.
- Place all the ingredients in a blender and whizz for approximately one minute until smooth.
- Instead of putting one pair of socks on, try putting on two.
- Smith, who appeared in the dock of courtroom one, spoke only to confirm his name.
Synonyms a single, a solitary, a sole, a lone - 1.1 A single person or thing, viewed as taking the place of a group.
they would straggle home in ones and twos Example sentencesExamples - Many of us tend to buy products in just ones or twos.
- You may bid by ones until you reach 60; bids above 60 must be multiples of 5 (65, 70, 75 etc.).
- Organising on the job was difficult as it involved chasing up members in ones and twos and having to go back to the job if a member was off sick.
- When asked for comment the wholesaler said that their price for a single pen was high because they didn't want to sell them by ones.
- He mostly takes people out in groups of ones and twos, and normally it's in a wide-open space.
Synonyms a single, a solitary, a sole, a lone - 1.2 Single; just one as opposed to any more or to none at all (used for emphasis)
her one concern is to save her daughter Example sentencesExamples - We only had one realistic offer since then and that was before Sandra was on the list.
- The one truth about this career, like many others, is that initially you have to do the legwork.
- There was only one small problem - Cole had no money and no idea how to start his own business.
- I don't think there's one nursing home in York that can get to normal staffing levels.
- Limiting the field to one particular sanctuary would seem to be a promising alternative.
- Balwyn had possession from the end ball and there was time enough for one final shot.
- Having led a sheltered sort of life, I've only ever been out for one business lunch.
- If I spend one night away from him I feel as if my right arm has been chopped off.
- More of the speakers admit openly that drug smuggling was their one chance at something better.
- How is it possible for one person to get so much sleep and still feel tired?
- The one thing about living in a block of flats is not having to worry about the roof leaking.
- She's the one woman who can beat him at his own game of sexual one-upmanship.
- On the late shift this will cause a lot of problems, there is too much work for one person to do.
- So I struggled gamely on, feeling the shakes kicking in all over, the one thought in my mind ‘home!’
- The variety of style is probably too wide for one person's taste, but the quality remains high.
- What is it that makes you decide that one person sounds more attractive than another?
- But in the end he lacked the sagacity or the low cunning to do the one thing necessary.
- The one certainty about his retirement is that he intends to make a clean break from the sport.
- To top it all off, Chelsea then field a team with not one English player in its original line up.
- But now she is heading back to Oz and we met up for one last lunch to say our goodbyes.
Synonyms only, single, solitary, sole - 1.3 Denoting a particular item of a pair or number of items.
electronics is one of his hobbies he put one hand over her shoulder and one around her waist a glass tube closed at one end Example sentencesExamples - Either way, I felt that this was one important element of festival life that was lacking.
- More often than not, the bands we go to see in Manchester tend to be at one of the University venues.
- Instead, a temporary wall was put up at one end and a prefab hut was drafted in as church hall.
- You get one guy at one end of the room, another guy at the other end, get the audience in the middle and just go.
- We will know more in a month but so far, the scientists are guessing the odds at one in a million.
- Often you stop to watch one thing and another mini-drama crops up.
- It is also not possible for one spouse to sell the marital home from underneath the other.
- Applying for one of these cards makes a great deal of sense, even if you don't need to borrow.
- He was buried from the family house in Oban, which is at one end of town, beyond the station.
- Look at one person, sing a syllable for a long time until the breath has gone, then move to the next.
- One city in Alaska has 17 different air carriers.
- Hop on at Queen's pier and sail out for a few beers or supper at one of the waterfront restaurants.
- Lack of investment, according to one former employee, has been going on for many years.
- Even costly fuel has not stemmed the tide, and one new car in three is now diesel-powered.
- Keighley captained the Second XI for a while and was also in charge of the first team for one match.
- Lil had one hand over her mouth and was sporadically clenching her eyes shut.
- Police were today also examining two computers, one seized from each of the girl's houses.
- He appears not to have slept and is twitching slightly at one corner of his mouth.
- His bike hit the pillar at one side of the entrance to the driveway and the pillar just collapsed on him.
- The money was spent on posters for one of the wards and pain-relieving equipment.
- We grabbed a drink at the bar before sitting at one of the lounge seats close to the entrance.
- So one day, after she begged me, I took her to meet the band at one of their rehearsals.
- 1.4 Denoting a particular but unspecified occasion or period.
one afternoon in late October Example sentencesExamples - We're thinking we might make our way to the sale on the other side of Guildford one weekend soon.
- He was more than just a musician - and he was the best clarinettist in the world at one time.
- He looked pale and yawned several times, at one point cradling his head in his hands.
- He was at one time head of the private office of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock.
- There were also hopes at one stage that it might be used as part of the Imperial War Museum.
- A remarkable story of someone who at one stage was not given much chance of living.
- I woke up early one morning, feeling quite sick.
- His first victim was seized on the canal bank at Firgrove one June morning as she walked to work.
- It may even be possible that there were at one time plans for a spire, probably of timber.
- On returning to his hotel one evening, he spied a cluster of moths fluttering about the shrub's small, yellow flowers.
- He had friends of both sexes and at one time appeared to have a close woman friend.
- Since then he has had three heart bypasses and at one point was so sick he was given the last rites.
- He told us of one summer, when a couple of older boys dropped by to visit his older brother.
- Last year we had Broughton Road shut at one time or another for most of the year.
- He loved to talk to youngsters and at one stage he even asked me for a reference to get into church work.
- I puzzled over how best to build a box for her collection, and the idea finally came to me around 3 a.m. one night.
- 1.5 Used before a name to denote a person who is not familiar or has not been previously mentioned; a certain.
he worked as a clerk for one Mr. Ming Example sentencesExamples - You may have guessed by now that the striker I am referring to is one Dean Ashton.
- The hotel has a new man at the helm in the kitchens, one John Hogg from Scotland.
- The first car to be registered in York belonged to one Mr Edwin Gray of Gray's Court, York.
- The drama follows the efforts of one Mrs Bennet to marry off her three daughters without any regard for the matter of true love in any such alliances.
- 1.6North American informal A noteworthy example of (used for emphasis)
the actor was one smart-mouthed troublemaker he was one hell of a snappy dresser Example sentencesExamples - It's gonna be one big party!
- As it is, well, they're one hell of a cult band.
- She's one amazing gal.
- This is one fine looking and sounding DVD.
- 1.7 Identical; the same.
all types of training meet one common standard Example sentencesExamples - You know those occasions when you are compelled to listen to one song over and over and over again?
- Two stories and two teenagers are linked by one event in this affecting story about the need to be loved.
- It is important to remember that all members of the team must be from the one club.
- The reality is that teenagers are not one big group of people who all think and act the same.
- I don't think I've ever seen so many golf buggies parked together in one place in my life!
- Pretending that inequality and poverty are one and the same must be a bit of a downer.
- It is also very rare for a school to produce four medal winners at one competition.
- Next year all goods will be taxed at the one rate of 15 percent.
- Suddenly these bacteria started swimming all in one direction across the microscope slide and he wondered what they were responding to.
- Soon it will be the one color all the other leaves have become, so it is grabbing my attention in a different way.
Synonyms only, single, solitary, sole - 1.8 One year old.
Example sentencesExamples - I want to talk to my little girl who is going to be one today.
- 1.9 One o'clock.
Example sentencesExamples - He looked at the clock: one forty.
- By one in the morning everything was quiet again and we went back to bed.
- I started the work at half ten on Sunday night and finished at one on Monday morning.
- At half past one on a weekday the restaurant was less than half full.
- 1.10US informal A one-dollar bill.
Example sentencesExamples - She pulled out two ones and handed them to the cashier.
- I peeled off the singles from my roll of cash (twenty-three dollars, all in one) and chatted with the item's former owner.
- 1.11informal An alcoholic drink.
a cool one after a day on the water Example sentencesExamples - I'm off to the bar for a quick one.
- I'll be in the bar at 12.30 if anyone fancies one.
- ‘Hey Terry, you only just got here and you've already had one too many’ he said, placing our drinks on a bench.
- 1.12informal A joke or story.
the one about the chicken farmer and the spaceship Example sentencesExamples - Ah, Jesus, that's a good one. Is it joking you are?
- And did you hear about the one about the drunk bear, walked into a bar?
- 1.13 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by one.
Example sentencesExamples - She wasn't the tall skinny size one or the average size five that so many other girls on T.V. are.
- Candy dragged me into a shop, where she began sifting through a pile of skirts to find her size (a size one).
- 1.14 A domino or dice with one spot.
Example sentencesExamples - It was a curious remark to make for one who dreamed of emulating Alexander the Great.
pronounwənwən 1Referring to a person or thing previously mentioned or easily identified. her mood changed from one of moroseness to one of joy her best apron, the white one Example sentencesExamples - This is a controversial point and one that foreign governments certainly overlook.
- As a result my time was not as quick as the one I had previously achieved this morning.
- The men all had Irish accents and one was referred to Jon Jon.
- In the end, she found another apartment, at more than double the rent of her previous one.
- Three commercial purchasers were identified and one was ready to conclude the sale.
- This was not really an issue of black and white but one of perceived notions of right and wrong.
- Even his jokes are the same ones he was telling when he set off on the campaign trail months ago.
- All that's left now is to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and let's hope it's a white one!
- Police said it is not yet possible to say whether the incident was linked to the previous ones.
- You can easily tell the new scenes from the old ones, even if you've never seen the films before.
- The standard of care to be expected of a GP who is on the obstetric list is thus different from one who is not.
- I still have a jersey from 1995 but it's not that white anymore and it was time to get a new one.
- It was a decision I had to make for myself and my family, but it wasn't one that I made easily.
- However, branching out on your own can be a huge step to take, not to mention a risky one too.
- She knew she had the face of a teenager, and always hated being referred to as one.
- So how do you turn that feeling as the bank statement drops on your doormat from one of dread to joy?
- Can you manage to stack things into a bag so that the most fragile items are on the bottom, and the heavy ones are on the top?
- She had three rings on her right hand, all white metal, two with stones and one with a Celtic type band.
- He pauses to pour himself another glass of white wine, but not before offering me one.
- These are all rather fetching names, though few of them are ones it would have occurred to me to choose.
2A person of a specified kind. you're the one who ruined her life my friends and loved ones Eleanor was never one to be trifled with Example sentencesExamples - She's the one who broke all my equipment.
- How could we have thought that we would be the lucky ones?
- Some people create new holiday traditions or ways of honoring loved ones who have died.
- To go in the draw to win, all you have to do is write in and tell us why you should be one of the lucky ones to win a double pass.
- He's not one for making a fuss.
- One feels for police who have to inform families that one of their loved ones has just been killed.
- We tend to forget that the victim may as well have been one of our loved ones or even us.
- There are many heartbreaking narratives from families whose loved ones have died of mental illnesses.
- A recognition of others as being your dearest ones need not be confined to recognizing them as mothers alone.
- Younger ones are likely to be satisfied with a simple answer to questions.
- I'm not one for exercise videos, exercise equipment, etc.
- The lucky ones who do get permission have the Immigration and Naturalization Service to thank.
- Be thankful it is not one of your loved ones that have met their fate in this way.
- They had to learn that she was not one to be trifled with.
- Frank was never one to act superior to the younger poets who were coming along.
- I really don't know where all the good looking ones are.
- All I really know is that the good ones are always the ones who go before their time.
- He's always the one who keeps the conversation going.
- Thank you again, for the safe return of my dearest little ones.
- It probably won't win them new fans but should satisfy old ones and entice back some who gave up on the band.
- 2.1 A person who is remarkable or extraordinary in some way.
you never saw such a one for figures Example sentencesExamples - Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.
- She has been described as one in a million because she steadfastly refused to be beaten by cancer.
- Oh you are a one - you've got me talking about my body already, and we hardly know each other!
- Your photo of Susan Brookes of whom very few have heard, proclaimed her to be such a one.
3third person singular Used to refer to the speaker, or any person, as representing people in general. one must admire him for his willingness one gets the impression that he is ahead Example sentencesExamples - In other contexts sacrificing oneself for one's family would be considered good.
- The second year after planting, one can expect to harvest about 1,000 lb per acre.
- On the press, Joe Ashton is scathing and one must feel sympathy for what he says.
- If that's how he intends to treat his new boss, one must fear for the players he has inherited.
- It is one thing to assert one's good intentions, but another entirely to act upon them.
- Must one now assume that empty bins do not represent an obstruction nor a serious safety hazard?
- It is in the context of such fears that choosing the sex of one's children must seem tempting.
- Secondly, the public health community generally believes that one must do no harm.
- Still, one does have to praise the DVD for its sound and vision.
- It is impossible not to know what the powers are, if one bothers to read the white paper.
- Was this before, or after an encounter with Mr Knight, one is compelled to ask?
- They are paintings so characteristic that one must think them very beautiful or else not at all so.
- So one might worry that moral transformation might involve loss of this natural good.
- For example, proximity to one's home and community may act as a spur to some to fight harder.
- Such questions rest on premises that must be clarified before one can attempt answers.
- In fact, one might wonder whether the photograph in such a situation can be of any use to a researcher at all.
- What is one to make, for example, of the way he is said to have behaved?
- To answer this, one must look at the heritage from which this trend has arisen.
- Some have been so bad that one imagines the umpires must have taken him to be left-handed.
- One should never underestimate the unnatural things that food companies will do to natural foods.
- The way one moves forward philosophically is by looking backwards in a fresh manner.
Usage In modern English, the use of one as a pronoun to mean ‘anyone’ or ‘me and people in general,’ as in one must try one's best, is generally restricted to formal contexts, outside which it is likely to be regarded as rather pompous or old-fashioned. In informal and spoken contexts, the normal alternative is you, as in you have to do what you can, don't you? Phrases they were completely at one with their environment Example sentencesExamples - It was a jazz record both timeless and at one with the hippy spirit of the early 1970s.
- What was less satisfactory was that the documentation and the underlying philosophy did not appear to be at one.
- And if you feel at one with nature, you can hike on one of the challenging trails or experience mountain biking.
- Both are at one with a certain instinct of frugality, by which I do not mean meanness.
- Reporters covering the war are at one with their technology as never before.
- United your resolve, united your hearts, may your spirits be at one, that you may long together dwell in unity and concord!
Synonyms in agreement, agreed, in unison, of the same opinion, of the same mind, of like mind, like-minded, at one, as one, in accord, in concord, unanimous, in sympathy, in rapport, in harmony, in unity, shoulder to shoulder
Used to stress that the person named holds the specified view, even if no one else does. I for one am getting a little sick of writing about it Example sentencesExamples - I for one am very proud of our NHS in Wiltshire and they deserve our praise not our criticism.
- I for one, greatly admire Sean Connery, he is an all round good guy and a real man.
- Annika Sorenstam, for one, will be motivated like no other to lift the trophy on home soil.
- The government has lost its way and I for one am fed up of being told what to do by someone as out as touch as him.
- I for one am looking forward to the publication of the Butler Report on Wednesday.
- I for one am at a loss to understand how a hidden camera can have that effect.
- I for one have not seen the town and surrounding areas look so clean the years.
- The bookmakers, for one, weren't taking too many bets outside of the Gauls and the Poms.
- He, for one, is not sure that the company would ever wish to sell the drug.
- He wants to leave a legacy that will live forever and I for one believe he will do it.
one after another (or the other) Following one another in quick succession. one after another the buses drew up Example sentencesExamples - She ran her two best times of the year, one after the other.
- While the three stories are separate and told one after the other, they share certain characters as well as the setting.
- This morning we flew over Lake George as the sun rose, illuminating the dams one after the other like beacons.
- Ms. McGarvie says it has become trendy to be in a series of year-long relationships, one after another.
- I ate 10 bars of chocolate one after the other when I was feeling very low.
- This could conceivably mean that Paul Simon, U2, and Eminem will all be performing one after the other.
- Events follow one after another and there comes a scene where the authorities hold him captive and question his identity.
- Three lessons of physics on a Thursday afternoon, one after the other.
- Rock and roll numbers, soul blockbusters and blues' anthems are knocked out one after the other at a breathless pace.
- The firefighters made a chair by linking arms and carried the couple out, one after the other, to a waiting boat moored to their garden gate.
Synonyms successive, succeeding, following, in succession, running, in a row, one after the other, back-to-back, continuous, solid, straight, uninterrupted, unbroken
Example sentencesExamples - A sincere thanks to one and all and best wishes to everyone for a very Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.
- The thoughts of one and all, both in the comment box and by email were appreciated.
- Neither firm nor trustees inquired into alternatives for members other than closing the final salary pension scheme to one and all.
- A very happy New Year to one and all; and just as importantly for our industry, I hope it's prosperous.
- Yeah, you see, I've tried very, very hard to come up with a paragraph that'll win me busloads of sympathy from one and all.
- We had a lovely session at our ManchesterSummit, introducing one and all to Blogging.
- Thank you one and all, including the receptionists and nurses.
- His gentle and sincere disposition endeared him to one and all.
- A great night of fun and entertainment is promised to one and all with music on the night by the ever popular Quality Street.
- A good time was had by one and all and there are no complaints.
Synonyms without opposition, with one accord, with one mind, to a man, as one, one and all, each and every one, bar none, without exception
Unique; single (used for emphasis or as a designation of a celebrity) the title of his one and only book the one and only Muhammad Ali Example sentencesExamples - Indeed the one and only, the inimitable John Dillon had delivered free traffic to Dublin.
- This appears to be Harper Lee's one and only novel, and justifiably considered a classic.
- She claims, though, that it was the one and only time she'd been fired from a job.
- It is the one and only time his actions or words betray his age.
- My one and only business-class flight, and I couldn't wait for it to be over.
- The panel of judges includes the one and only John Romero, creator of Doom!
- I suppose that's my one and only chance to see him live, and I will treasure that memory for ever.
- Soon after, she auditioned for the one and only part in Joan MacLeod's play The Shape of a Girl.
- So I suppose this entry could count as my obligatory, one and only, intoxicated post.
- The stage was set for the era of black and white films and the mood for the era of the one and only Raj Kapoor.
Separately and in succession; singly. Example sentencesExamples - The steps, which have been blocked off since the end of July, are being replaced one by one.
- The doctor said that anyone who wanted to see her could come one by one to say goodbye.
- We left quietly, one by one, without telling anyone and without taking anything with us.
- To her horror, he doesn't stop there and goes on to admit all his crimes one by one.
- We were able to put a platform across and took each person out of the lift, one by one.
- Then it was time for all the sixth graders to go up one by one to get their promotion papers.
- He looked at each man in the room one by one and warned them icily what would happen if they were foolish enough to talk.
- I suggested she made notes and then at the end of each section I would deal with her individual remarks one by one.
- Mr Clegg then carried the group one one by one to the safety of the ground below.
- I re-organised my finances, sold some shares and then paid off my cards one by one until my debt was gone.
Synonyms one by one, one at a time, one after the other, individually, separately, by oneself, on one's own
one or another (or the other) Denoting or referring to a particular but unspecified one out of a set of items. not all instances fall neatly into one or another of these categories Example sentencesExamples - He was sure that one or another of his brothers would accompany me to the peak.
- There's only one explanation, and that is that one or the other of them went through our garbage and stole from it.
- Sometimes one or the other of you will even find yourself considering giving up on the whole thing and ending the relationship.
- That way, guests will move around more and not congregate next to one or the other in a big group.
- Every foreign policy action tends to reinforce one or the other of these approaches.
- Instead I regularly travel to one or another of the more politically enlightened towns mentioned earlier to spend my pension.
- Each block is labeled with the name of one or another of the characters.
- We always create in layers, using many elements, so that if you took away one or another of the elements there would still be a song there.
- If one or the other of them gets control of that, they get control of the business.
- So, at any one time, one or another of us is going through some sort of turmoil, giving rise to unhappiness.
there are one or two signs worth watching for Example sentencesExamples - I'll also be catching up with a couple of other friends and maybe even making one or two new ones.
- There are one or two other people slouching around the departure area dispiritedly.
- However, there are one or two things I would like to pick up on from your reports last week.
- Apart from him and one or two others, I haven't a clue who most of these people are.
- They have one or two players that he might loan to us and if they are good enough we would welcome them into our team.
- What further annoyed me was that there were one or two vacant seats but these were reserved.
- It was a lovely sunny day, and one or two of us were even contemplating going for a little dip in the sea.
- Football wouldn't be the addictive game it is if it didn't throw up one or two surprises.
- Some of them thought Paul Michel was real - one or two even tried to get hold of his novels.
- One or two of his performers are experienced semiprofessionals who have competed in regional story-telling competitions.
Synonyms handful, few, one or two, not many, a small number
informal Used to cover various unspecified matters, events, or tasks. what with one thing and another she hadn't had much sleep recently Example sentencesExamples - What with one thing and another, I've neglected to reply to Right Wing Film Geek's thoughtful reply to me.
- What with one thing and another, I don't think weddings have been high on my agenda in the past few months - at least that's my excuse.
- I like my subject, but what with one thing and another I'm a bit overwhelmed here, and I could really do with some help.
- There has been so much building here, we have been swamped by houses and one thing and another.
- He said: ‘Farmers, landowners and rural businesses of all types have had a rough time recently with one thing and another.’
- For the past year he's been in and out of hospital with one thing and another.
- She's not been at her best recently what with one thing and another (mostly as a result of having an idiot for a husband), so it's your job to cheer her up a bit.
- I think they're perfectly capable of cooperating here and there on one thing and another.
- It's been quite a strenuous twenty-four hours, what with one thing and another.
- Between one thing and another (we both have lives in non-blogosphere reality) it's taken the better part of two months to iron out the bugs.
informal A person's destined life partner. it sounds corny, but I think he's the one Example sentencesExamples - I admit that I had plans for Scott, I really thought that he might be the one, because he's such a nice guy and I couldn't ask for anything more.
- How the heck do you know if the one you love IS THE ONE?
- It can't be easy getting all tarted up a couple of times a week in the hope that your blind date could be the one.
- Some people never meet the one.
- Well why not, we believe in horoscopes and fortune tellers and any mumbo jumbo people tell us about meeting THE ONE.
- Tell her that although she's beautiful, funny, clever, sexy, adorable, loving, kind etc. etc., she's just not "THE ONE".
- Just continue to live your life, being receptive to the idea of running into the one when you least expect it.
- If she really is THE ONE, as Charles would say, I have to get this right.
- Well, I thought she could really (I mean it) be the one.
- He told his MOM that he thought I was the one.
- In other words, my philosophy (and recently confirmed with the women) is that you may miss out on one person you think is the one, but hey, there are others out there that may even better.
one-on-one (or one-to-one) Denoting or referring to a situation in which two parties come into direct contact, opposition, or correspondence. maybe we should talk to them one-on-one Example sentencesExamples - Displays and free one-to-one advice sessions with business advisers will also be available.
- Robson said the author of the press release had been pressing him for a month for a one-on-one meeting.
- Individuals were asked to indicate the best date and time to be contacted by the nurse researcher to set up a one-on-one interview.
- The club offers group personal training for those not wanting to pay for one-on-one attention.
- Some companies take them in for one to one mentoring so they can see what it's like to have a job.
- Megan has provided a full scope of nursing care - attending to patients on a one-to-one basis.
Origin Old English ān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch een and German ein, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin unus. The initial w sound developed before the 15th century and was occasionally represented in the spelling; it was not accepted into standard English until the late 17th century. |