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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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