ones
/wʌnz/
ones is the plural of one.
ones is the obsolete form of one's.
ones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of one.
Noun
ones pl (plural only)
- A senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team).
- The cells located on the ground floor.
Meaning of one
Noun
one (plural ones)
- The digit or figure 1.
- This effectively allows switching on and off of the flow of current, so it is either conducting or not conducting, creating the binary system of zeroes and ones used in digital computers.2024 January 4, Matthew Sparkes, “First working graphene semiconductor could lead to faster computers”, in New Scientist, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2024, retrieved 18 Jan 2024
- A one-dollar bill.
- I need some ones to make change.
- Synonyms:
- single
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter 5, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding...
- One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac?
- A question.
- You already know, so you can answer that one yourselves
Meaning of one's
Determiner
one's
Phrases with ones
- big ones
- oul ones
- the ones
- cold ones
- fast ones
- live ones
- oul' ones
- ould ones
- plus ones
- real ones
- tall ones
- them ones
25 more phrasesFewer phrases
- close ones
- great ones
- loved ones
- right ones
- these ones
- those ones
- chosen ones
- frosty ones
- little ones
- number ones
- Blighty ones
- hole in ones
- odd ones out
- one and ones
- ones to talk
- shining ones
- nine one ones
- on one's ones
- ones and twos
- promised ones
- ones and zeros
- ones and zeroes
- long-tailed ones
- ones that go the other way
- say it louder for the ones in the back
Words that rhyme with ones
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Questions about ones
- What does ones mean?
- Ones means a senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team).
- What is ones the plural of?
- Ones is the plural of one.
- What part of speech is ones?
- Ones is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ones?
- Ones is pronounced /wʌnz/.
Words near ones in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ones (page history and authors); one (page history and authors); one's (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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