one
number
[ wʌn ]
• the lowest cardinal number; half of two; 1.
• "there's only room for one person"
• the same; identical.
• "all types of training meet one common standard"
• a joke or story.
• "the one about the Englishman, the Irishman, and the Yank"
• an alcoholic drink.
• "a cool one after a day on the water"
• alone.
• "the time when you one tackled a field of cane and finished before the others had even started"
one
pronoun
• referring to a person or thing previously mentioned or easily identified.
• "her mood changed from one of moroseness to one of joy"
• a person of a specified kind.
• "you're the one who ruined her life"
• used to refer to the speaker, or any person, as representing people in general.
• "one must admire him for his willingness"
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.
-one
suffix
• forming nouns denoting various compounds, especially ketones.
• "acetone"
Origin:
from Greek patronymic -ōnē .
