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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English -one \-one\ suff. (Chem.)
A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of
which it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of
hydrocarbons, or the third series of unsaturated
hydrocarbons; as, nonone. [archaic]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English -one \-one\ ([=o]n). [From Gr. -w`nh, signifying, female
descendant.] (Chem.)
A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which
it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English One \One\ (w[u^]n), a. [OE. one, on, an, AS. [=a]n; akin to D.
een, OS. [=e]n, OFries. [=e]n, [=a]n, G. ein, Dan. een, Sw.
en, Icel. einn, Goth. ains, W. un, Ir. & Gael. aon, L. unus,
earlier oinos, oenos, Gr. o'i`nh the ace on dice; cf. Skr.
[=e]ka. The same word as the indefinite article a, an. [root]
299. Cf. 2d A, 1st An, Alone, Anon, Any, None,
Nonce, Only, Onion, Unit.]
1. Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no
more; not multifold; single; individual.
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The dream of Pharaoh is one. --Gen. xli.
25.
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O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England.
--Shak.
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2. Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of
indefinitely; a certain. "I am the sister of one Claudio"
[--Shak.], that is, of a certain man named Claudio.
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3. Pointing out a contrast, or denoting a particular thing or
person different from some other specified; -- used as a
correlative adjective, with or without the.
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From the one side of heaven unto the other. --Deut.
iv. 32.
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4. Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a
whole.
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The church is therefore one, though the members may
be many. --Bp. Pearson
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5. Single in kind; the same; a common.
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One plague was on you all, and on your lords. --1
Sam. vi. 4.
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6. Single; unmarried. [Obs.]
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Men may counsel a woman to be one. --Chaucer.
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Note: One is often used in forming compound words, the
meaning of which is obvious; as, one-armed, one-celled,
one-eyed, one-handed, one-hearted, one-horned,
one-idead, one-leaved, one-masted, one-ribbed,
one-story, one-syllable, one-stringed, one-winged, etc.
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All one, of the same or equal nature, or consequence; all
the same; as, he says that it is all one what course you
take. --Shak.

One day.
(a) On a certain day, not definitely specified, referring
to time past.
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One day when Phoebe fair,
With all her band, was following the chase.
--Spenser.
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(b) Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or
period in the future; some day.
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Well, I will marry one day. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English One \One\, n.
1. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
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2. A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
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3. A single person or thing. "The shining ones." --Bunyan.
"Hence, with your little ones." --Shak.
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He will hate the one, and love the other. --Matt.
vi. 24.
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That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the
other on thy left hand, in thy glory. --Mark x. 37.
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After one, after one fashion; alike. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

At one, in agreement or concord. See At one, in the
Vocab.

Ever in one, continually; perpetually; always. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

In one, in union; in a single whole.

One and one, One by one, singly; one at a time; one after
another. "Raising one by one the suppliant crew."
--Dryden.

one on one contesting an opponent individually; -- in a
contest.

go one on one, to contest one opponent by oneself; -- in a
game, esp. basketball.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English One \One\ (w[u^]n), indef. pron.
Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one
would have well done, one should do one's self.
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It was well worth one's while. --Hawthorne.
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Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's
self as one best can. --G. Eliot.
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Note: One is often used with some, any, no, each, every,
such, a, many a, another, the other, etc. It is
sometimes joined with another, to denote a reciprocal
relation.
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When any one heareth the word. --Matt. xiii.
19.
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She knew every one who was any one in the land of
Bohemia. --Compton
Reade.
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The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought
against one another. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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The gentry received one another. --Thackeray.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English One \One\, v. t.
To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to
unite; to assimilite. [Obs.]
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The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to
treasure of the world. --Chaucer.
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WordNet One
adj 1: used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is
Scottish" [syn: 1, i, ane]
2: particular but unspecified; "early one evening" [syn: one(a)]
3: having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary
action"; "spoke with one voice" [syn: one(a), unitary]
4: of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species"
[syn: one(a)]
5: used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog"
[syn: one(a)]
6: indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one
place or another" [syn: one(a)]
7: being the single appropriate individual of a kind; only;
"the one horse that could win this race"; "the one person
I could marry" [syn: one(a)]
8: 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" [syn: one(a)]
9: being a single entity made by combining separate components;
"three chemicals combining into one solution"
10: 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"
[syn: matchless, nonpareil, one(a), {one and
only(a)}, peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled,
unrivalled]
n 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" [syn: 1, I, ace,
single, unity]
2: a single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the
one I ordered"

Moby Dictionary
Adamite , I , a , a certain , ace , aggregate , alike , all , all one ,
all the same , all-embracing , all-inclusive , all-knowing ,
all-powerful , all-seeing , all-wise , almighty , amalgamated , an , any ,
any one , assimilated , associate , atom , atomic , being , blended ,
body , boundless , cat , certain , changeless , chap , character ,
coadunate , coalesce , combinative , combinatory , combined ,
comprehensive , conjoint , conjugate , conjunctive , connect ,
connective , consolidated , consubstantial , coupled , creating ,
creative , creature , customer , duck , duplicate , earthling , eclectic ,
either , entire , eternal , eternally the same , everlasting ,
exactly alike , exclusive , exhaustive , fellow , fused , glorious ,
good , gross , groundling , guy , hallowed , hand , head , highest ,
holistic , holy , homo , homoousian , human , human being , identic ,
identical , immortal , immutable , inclusive , incorporated ,
indistinguishable , individual , indivisible , infinite , integral ,
integrated , irreducible , joined , joint , joker , just , just alike ,
life , like , limitless , link , living soul , lone , loving , luminous ,
majestic , making , man , married , matched , mated , measured , merciful ,
merged , mixed , monad , monadic , monistic , mortal , no other ,
none else , nose , nothing else , nought beside , numinous , omnibus ,
omnipotent , omnipresent , omniscient , one and indivisible ,
one and only , only , paired , particular , partnered , party ,
permanent , perpetual , person , personage , personality , quantified ,
quantitative , quantitive , quantized , radiant , relate , sacred , same ,
selfsame , separate , shaping , simple , single , singular , sole , solid ,
solitary , some , somebody , someone , soul , sovereign , supreme ,
syncretistic , syncretized , synthesized , tellurian , terran ,
timeless , total , twin , ubiquitous , unanalyzable , unbounded ,
unchanging , undefined , undifferent , undivided , uniform , unique ,
unit , unitary , unite , united , universal , unlimited , wed , wedded ,
whole , without difference , without distinction , worldling

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