one-on-oneadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌwʌn.ɒnˈwʌn/us/ˌwʌn.ɑːnˈwʌn/UK also one-to-one A one-on-one activity involves two people talking directly, usually with one teaching or giving information to the other:
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Communicating & keeping in touch
- ahold
- bell
- catch up
- communicate
- communication
- communicative
- drop
- give sb a bell idiom
- hear
- interact
- interaction
- pick
- pick up the phone idiom
- radio silence
- raise
- rapporteur
- reach out to sb
- ring (sb) back
- send
- touch
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one-on-oneadverb
uk/ˌwʌn.ɒnˈwʌn/us/ˌwʌn.ɑːnˈwʌn/UK also one-to-one If two people discuss something one-on-one, they discuss it directly, without involving anyone else:
US In sports, if something is done one-on-one, it means that each player from one team is matched to a single player from the other team.
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Communicating & keeping in touch
- ahold
- bell
- catch up
- communicate
- communication
- communicative
- drop
- give sb a bell idiom
- hear
- interact
- interaction
- pick
- pick up the phone idiom
- radio silence
- raise
- rapporteur
- reach out to sb
- ring (sb) back
- send
- touch
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one-on-onenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌwʌn.ɒnˈwʌn/us/ˌwʌn.ɑːnˈwʌn/plural one-on-onesUK one-to-one a discussion or meeting between two people, without anyone else involved:
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Communicating & keeping in touch
- ahold
- bell
- catch up
- communicate
- communication
- communicative
- drop
- give sb a bell idiom
- hear
- interact
- interaction
- pick
- pick up the phone idiom
- radio silence
- raise
- rapporteur
- reach out to sb
- ring (sb) back
- send
- touch
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