Meaning of one(a) in English

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Classifying Adjective
one(a)
Definitions
1. particular but unspecified
Examples
- « early one evening »
Synonyms
- unspecified
2. having the indivisible character of a unit
Examples
- « a unitary action »
- « spoke with one voice »
Synonyms
- united
3. of the same kind or quality
Examples
- « two animals of one species »
Synonyms
- same
4. used informally as an intensifier
Examples
- « that is one fine dog »
Synonyms
- extraordinary
5. indefinite in time or position
Examples
- « he will come one day »
- « one place or another »
Synonyms
- indefinite
6. being the single appropriate individual of a kind
Examples
- « only »
- « the one horse that could win this race »
- « the one person I could marry »
Synonyms
- single(a)
7. being one in number--a single unit or thing
Examples
- « 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 »
Synonyms
- single(a)
8. eminent beyond or above comparison
Examples
- « 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 »
Synonyms
- incomparable
- uncomparable

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