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{ "term": "one", "partOfSpeech": "number, determiner", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the number 1", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Do you want one or two?" }, { "text": "There's only room for one person." }, { "text": "One more, please!" }, { "text": "a one-bedroomed apartment" }, { "text": "I'll see you at one *(= one o'clock)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "used in formal language or for emphasis before hundred, thousand, etc., or before a unit of measurement", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It cost one hundred and fifty pounds." }, { "text": "He lost by less than one second." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "used for emphasis to mean ‘a single’ or ‘just one’", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "There's only one thing we can do." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a person or thing, especially when they are part of a group", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "One of my friends lives in Brighton." }, { "text": "One place I'd really like to visit is Bali." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "used for emphasis to mean ‘the only one’ or ‘the most important one’", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He's the one person I can trust." }, { "text": "Her one concern was for the health of her baby." }, { "text": "It's the one thing I can't stand about him." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "used when you are talking about a time in the past or the future, without actually saying which one", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I saw her one afternoon last week." }, { "text": "**One day** *(= at some time in the future)* you'll understand." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "the same", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They all went off in one direction." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "used for emphasis instead of a or an", "labels": "(informal, especially North American English)", "examples": [ { "text": "That was one hell of a game!" }, { "text": "She's one snappy dresser." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "used with a person’s name to show that the speaker does not know the person", "labels": "(formal or old-fashioned)", "examples": [ { "text": "He worked as an assistant to one Mr Ming." } ], "synonyms": "certain (5)" }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "in agreement; all together", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "We spoke as one on this matter." } ], "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to feel that you completely agree with somebody/something, or that you are part of something", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "a place where you can feel at one with nature" } ], "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a return to the situation you were in at the beginning of a project, task, etc., because you have made no real progress", "examples": [ { "text": "If this suggestion isn't accepted, we'll be back to square one." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be the only person to have a particular opinion or to vote a particular way", "labels": "(often humorous)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to emphasize that a particular person does something and that you believe other people do too", "examples": [ { "text": "I, for one, would prefer to postpone the meeting." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to understand or guess something immediately", "examples": [ { "text": "‘Oh, so she’s his sister!’ ‘Got it in one!’" } ], "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to get an advantage over somebody/something", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I'm not going to let them get one over on me!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to do something better than somebody else or than you have done before", "examples": [ { "text": "She did well this year and next year she hopes to go one better." } ], "synonyms": "outdo" }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that somebody/something has different roles, contains different things or is used for different purposes", "examples": [ { "text": "She's a mother and company director in one." }, { "text": "It's a public relations office, a press office and a private office all in one." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "first one person or thing, and then another, and then another, up to any number or amount", "examples": [ { "text": "The bills kept coming in, one after another." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "everyone", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Happy New Year to one and all!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to emphasize that somebody is famous", "examples": [ { "text": "Here she is, the one and only Rihanna!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used for emphasis to mean ‘the same’", "examples": [ { "text": "I never realized Ruth Rendell and Barbara Vine were one and the same *(= the same person using two different names)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "separately and in order", "examples": [ { "text": "I went through the items on the list one by one." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a few", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We've had one or two problems—nothing serious." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "having an advantage over somebody", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that all types of the things mentioned are very similar", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [ { "text": "I don't like science fiction novels much. When you've read one, you've read them all." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a very long time ago", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I've been going there every summer since the year one." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/wʌn/", "audio": "on/one/one__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/wʌn/", "audio": "on/one/one__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "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 cent. and was occasionally represented in the spelling; it was not accepted into standard English until the late 17th cent." }