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    -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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    -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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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"

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    195 Moby Thesaurus words for "one":
    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

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


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