{
    "term": "one",
    "partOfSpeech": "number, determiner",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the number 1",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you want one or two?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's only room for one person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One more, please!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a one-bedroomed apartment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll see you at one *(= one o'clock)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used in formal language or for emphasis before hundred, thousand, etc., or before a unit of measurement",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It cost one hundred and fifty pounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lost by less than one second."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used for emphasis to mean ‘a single’ or ‘just one’",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's only one thing we can do."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a person or thing, especially when they are part of a group",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "One of my friends lives in Brighton."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One place I'd really like to visit is Bali."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used for emphasis to mean ‘the only one’ or ‘the most important one’",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's the one person I can trust."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her one concern was for the health of her baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's the one thing I can't stand about him."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "used when you are talking about a time in the past or the future, without actually saying which one",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I saw her one afternoon last week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**One day** *(= at some time in the future)* you'll understand."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "the same",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They all went off in one direction."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "used for emphasis instead of a or an",
            "labels": "(informal, especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That was one hell of a game!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's one snappy dresser."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "used with a person’s name to show that the speaker does not know the person",
            "labels": "(formal or old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He worked as an assistant to one Mr Ming."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "certain (5)"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in agreement; all together",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We spoke as one on this matter."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to feel that you completely agree with somebody/something, or that you are part of something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a place where you can feel at one with nature"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a return to the situation you were in at the beginning of a project, task, etc., because you have made no real progress",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If this suggestion isn't accepted, we'll be back to square one."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be the only person to have a particular opinion or to vote a particular way",
            "labels": "(often humorous)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that a particular person does something and that you believe other people do too",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I, for one, would prefer to postpone the meeting."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to understand or guess something immediately",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Oh, so she’s his sister!’ ‘Got it in one!’"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get an advantage over somebody/something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm not going to let them get one over on me!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something better than somebody else or than you have done before",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She did well this year and next year she hopes to go one better."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "outdo"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody/something has different roles, contains different things or is used for different purposes",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's a mother and company director in one."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a public relations office, a press office and a private office all in one."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "first one person or thing, and then another, and then another, up to any number or amount",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bills kept coming in, one after another."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "everyone",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Happy New Year to one and all!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that somebody is famous",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Here she is, the one and only Rihanna!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used for emphasis to mean ‘the same’",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I never realized Ruth Rendell and Barbara Vine were one and the same *(= the same person using two different names)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "separately and in order",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I went through the items on the list one by one."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a few",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We've had one or two problems—nothing serious."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "having an advantage over somebody",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that all types of the things mentioned are very similar",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't like science fiction novels much. When you've read one, you've read them all."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a very long time ago",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've been going there every summer since the year one."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wʌn/",
                "audio": "on/one/one__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wʌn/",
                "audio": "on/one/one__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English ān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch een and German ein, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin unus. The initial w sound developed before the 15th cent. and was occasionally represented in the spelling; it was not accepted into standard English until the late 17th cent."
}