one

CEFRA1

/wʌn/

number · pronoun · numeral

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The number that comes before two.

  2. 02

    pronoun

    A person or thing previously mentioned or known.

Examples

  • Do you want one or two?

  • One can always find time.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [wɐn(˦)~wän(˦)]
  • /oʊn/

Deep Dive

number

Extra meanings

  1. The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.

  2. The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.

numeral

Extra meaning

  1. The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.

More examples

In context

  • One can't expect everything from schools.

  • In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.

  • In some religions, there is more than one god.

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Antonyms

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Origin

number

PIE word *h₁óynos Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English on English one From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Doublet of an. Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); North Frisian ån (“one”); Saterland Frisian aan (“one”); West Frisian ien (“one”); Dutch een, één (“one”); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one”); Danish en (“one”); Swedish en (“one”); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”); Latin ūnus (“one”) (Old...