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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
At \At\, prep. [AS. [ae]t; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel.
at, Sw. [*a]t, Dan. & L. ad.]
Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence,
nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the
ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less
definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the
house. From this original import are derived all the various
uses of at. It expresses:
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1. A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on,
something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at
school; at hand; at sea and on land.
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2. The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at
peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at
risk; at disadvantage.
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3. The relation of some employment or action; occupied with;
as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat
(eating); except at puns.
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4. The relation of a point or position in a series, or of
degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at
80[deg]; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated
at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
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5. The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock;
at twenty-one; at once; at first.
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6. The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or
effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything;
at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require,
receive, deserve, endure at your hands.
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7. Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at
it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike,
shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one.
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{At all}, {At home}, {At large}, {At last}, {At length}, {At
once}, etc. See under {All}, {Home}, {Large}, {Last} (phrase
and syn.), {Length}, {Once}, etc.
{At it}, busily or actively engaged.
{At least}. See {Least} and {However}.
{At one}. See {At one}, in the Vocabulary.
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Syn: {In}, {At}.
Usage: When reference to the interior of any place is made
prominent in is used. It is used before the names of
countries and cities (esp. large cities); as, we live
in America, in New York, in the South. At is commonly
employed before names of houses, institutions,
villages, and small places; as, Milton was educated at
Christ's College; money taken in at the Customhouse; I
saw him at the jeweler's; we live at Beachville. At
may be used before the name of a city when it is
regarded as a mere point of locality. "An English king
was crowned at Paris." --Macaulay. "Jean Jacques
Rousseau was born at Geneva, June, 28, 1712." --J.
Morley. In regard to time, we say at the hour, on the
day, in the year; as, at 9 o'clock, on the morning of
July 5th, in the year 1775.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
At one \At one"\ [OE. at on, atone, atoon, attone.]
1. In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other);
as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or
bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation.
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If gentil men, or othere of hir contree
Were wrothe, she wolde bringen hem atoon. --Chaucer.
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2. Of the same opinion; agreed; as, on these points we are at
one.
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3. Together. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "at one":
accordant, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amicable,
answerable, at one with, attuned, carried by acclamation,
coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding,
commensurate, compatible, concordant, concurrent, concurring,
conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consentaneous,
consentient, consistent, consonant, cooperating, cooperative,
correspondent, corresponding, empathetic, empathic, en rapport,
equivalent, frictionless, harmonious, in accord, in agreement,
in concert, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, in tune,
inaccordance, inharmony, like-minded, of a piece, of like mind,
of one accord, of one mind, on all fours, peaceful, positive,
proportionate, reconcilable, self-consistent, solid, symbiotic,
sympathetic, synchronized, synchronous, together, unanimous,
unchallenged, uncontested, uncontradicted, uncontroverted,
understanding, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united, unopposed,
with one consent, with one voice
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