Meaning & Definition of One in English

1. The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

• "He has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"

• "They had lunch at one"

2. A single person or thing

• "He is the best one"

• "This is the one i ordered"

1. Used of a single unit or thing

• Not two or more

• "`ane' is scottish"

2. Having the indivisible character of a unit

• "A unitary action"

• "Spoke with one voice"

3. Of the same kind or quality

• "Two animals of one species"

4. Used informally as an intensifier

• "That is one fine dog"

5. Indefinite in time or position

• "He will come one day"

• "One place or another"

6. Being a single entity made by combining separate components

• "Three chemicals combining into one solution"

7. Eminent beyond or above comparison

• "Matchless beauty"

• "The team's nonpareil center fielder"

• "She's one girl in a million"

• "The one and only muhammad ali"

• "A peerless scholar"

• "Infamy unmatched in the western world"

• "Wrote with unmatchable clarity"

• "Unrivaled mastery of her art"