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Definition
Cardinal number:
- The number or figure 1; the lowest cardinal number, representing a single unit or thing. It is the first and smallest positive integer.
- Used to refer to a single person or thing, often to emphasize singularity or uniqueness.
Pronoun:
- Used to refer to a person or thing previously mentioned or easily identified.
- Used more generally to refer to people in general, including the speaker.
Adjective:
- Referring to a single person or thing.
- Used for emphasis to mean "the only" or "a particular."
- Denoting a particular but unspecified item in a sequence.
Usage and Examples
- As a cardinal number:
- There is only one cookie left in the jar.
- The answer to the first question is one.
- As a pronoun:
- I need a pen. Do you have one?
- One should always tell the truth. (formal/general)
- As an adjective:
- She has one brother.
- That's the one thing I cannot accept.
Advanced Usage
- "The one and only": Used for emphasis to describe someone or something famous and unique.
- Please welcome, the one and only Elvis Presley!
- "At one": In a state of agreement or harmony.
- After their discussion, they were at one on the issue.
- "For one": As one example (often used to introduce an opinion).
- I, for one, think it's a brilliant idea.
Variants and Related Words
- Once (adverb): One single time.
- I've only been to Paris once.
- Oneness (noun): The state of being unified or whole.
- The meditation focused on a feeling of oneness with nature.
- One-off (noun/adjective, British English): Something that happens or is made only once.
- The concert was a one-off event.
Synonyms
- Single: Consisting of one part or aspect.
- A single rose.
- Sole: Being the only one.
- The sole survivor.
- Unit: An individual thing or person regarded as single and complete.
- The apartment building has 20 units.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- One by one: Separately and in sequence.
- The students entered the room one by one.
- Back to square one: Forced to start over because of a failure.
- The experiment failed, so we're back to square one.
- Kill two birds with one stone: To achieve two aims with a single action.
- By taking the train, I save money and see the countryside—killing two birds with one stone.
Adjective
- used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- `ane' is Scottish
Noun
- 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