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one

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1. one - Noun

2. one - Adjective

3. one - Verb

4. one - Pronoun

5. one - Particle

7. one - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual.

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.

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.

Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole.

Single in kind; the same; a common.

Single; inmarried.

A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.

A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.

A single person or thing.

Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.

To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and, again, nothing worse than a bad one. Hesiod

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Euripides

The first to enter heaven was a thief. And the first to enter hell was an apostle of Christ. And how all this happened is a great lesson for us. Therefore, one should never despair nor give up on another. Athanasios of Limassol

If there are two cooks in one house, the soup is either too salty or too cold. Persian Proverb

To marry one is a duty; twice a folly; thrice is madness. Dutch Proverb

One hour of justice is worth seventy hours of prayer. Turkish Proverb

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