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one
Anoun
1 one
 a single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered"
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2 one, 1, I, ace, single, unity
 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"
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Badjective
1 matchless, nonpareil, one(a), one and only(a), peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled
 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";
2 one(a)
 indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one place or another"
3 one(a)
 particular but unspecified; "early one evening"
4 one
 being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution"
5 one(a)
 used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog"
6 one(a)
 of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species"
7 one, 1, i, ane
 used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish"
8 one(a)
 being one in number--a single unit or thing; "one person is going"; "her one thought was to win"; "I'm just one player on the team"; "one day is just like the next"; "seen one horse and you've seen them all"
9 one(a)
 being the single appropriate individual of a kind; only; "the one horse that could win this race"; "the one person I could marry"
10 one(a), unitary
 having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice"

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