one |
1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number. | |
In some religions, there is only one god. | |
In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth. | |
One person, one vote. | |
2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers. | |
3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. | |
4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one. | |
5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group. | |
The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully. | |
6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other. | |
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other. | |
7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general). | |
One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge. | |
8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing. | |
"driver", noun: one who drives. | |
9. n. The digit or figure 1. | |
10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | |
11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill. | |
12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single. | |
13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote. | |
14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing. | |
15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1". | |
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?! | |
Someone help me; I'm always losing! | |
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1! | |
Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular. | |
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries. | |
17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any. | |
My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.". | |
18. adj. Sole, only. | |
He is the one man who can help you. | |
19. adj. Whole, entire. | |
Body and soul are not separate; they are one. | |
20. adj. In agreement. | |
We are one on the importance of learning. | |
21. adj. The same. | |
The two types look very different, but are one species. | |
22. adj. Being a preeminent example. | |
He is one hell of a guy. | |
23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain". | |
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”. | |
24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite. | |
Who |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, who | |
2. pron. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; (asks for the identity of someone). (used in a direct or indirect question) | |
Who is that? (direct question) | |
I don't know who it is. (indirect question) | |
3. pron. (interrogative) What is one's position; (asks whether someone deserves to say or do something). | |
I don't like what you did, but who am I to criticize you? I've done worse. | |
4. pron. (relative) The person or people that. | |
It was a nice man who helped us. | |
5. pron. (relative, archaic) Whoever, he who, they who. | |
6. n. A person under discussion; a question of which person. | |
sells |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of sell | |
2. n. plural of sell | |
sell |
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money. | |
I'll sell you all three for a hundred dollars. | |
Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell. | |
2. v. To be sold. | |
This old stock will never sell. | |
The corn sold for a good price. | |
3. v. To promote a product or service. | |
4. v. To promote a particular viewpoint. | |
My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally. | |
5. v. (slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone. | |
6. v. (professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act. | |
7. n. An act of selling. | |
This is going to be a tough sell. | |
8. n. An easy task. | |
9. n. (colloquial, dated) An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity. | |
10. n. (obsolete) A seat or stool. | |
11. n. (archaic) A saddle. | |
12. n. (regional, obsolete) A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope). | |
He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ". | |
dubious |
1. adj. Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion. | |
After he made some dubious claims about the company, fewer people trusted him. | |
2. adj. In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided. | |
She was dubious about my plan at first, but later I managed to persuade her to cooperate. | |
medicines |
1. n. plural of medicine | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of medicine | |
medicine |
1. n. A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way. | |
2. n. A treatment or cure. | |
3. n. The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness. | |
4. n. The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine. | |
5. n. Ritual Native American magic used by a medicine man to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc. | |
6. n. Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing. | |
7. n. (obsolete) black magic, superstition. | |
8. n. (obsolete) A philter or love potion. | |
9. n. (obsolete) A physician. | |
10. n. (slang) recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks | |
11. v. (rare, obsolete) To treat with medicine. | |