the one
the one noun: a particularly special or compatible person or thing.
Noun
the one (plural the ones)
- A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.
- That car's the one — I'll buy it.
- A particular person destined to save the universe or world; the chosen one.
- Jesus Christ is the One, the savior.
- He (Neo) is the One.
Pronoun
the one
- The person or thing.
- Here is the one I want to buy.
- In formal contexts, we can use 'that' and 'those' as substitutes meaning ‘the one(s)’.
the one meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Arabic
the one in Hindi
- person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
- चुना हुआ cunā huā, चुनी हुई cunī huī
the one in Tamil
- ஒரே
the one in Arabic
- person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
- الْمُخْتَار al-muḵtār, الْمُخْتَارَة al-muḵtāra
Examples of the one in a sentence
- They, like me, believe him (Anakin Skywalker) to be The One.
- I, I got a new life / You would hardly recognize me, I'm so glad / How could a person like me care for you / Why do I bother / When you're not the one for me / Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, is enough, enough1993, Jonas Berggren, “The Sign”, in The Sign, performed by Ace of Base:
- When you love a woman then tell her / That she's really wanted / When you love a woman then tell her that she's the one / 'Cause she needs somebody to tell her / That it's gonna last forever1995, Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”, in Don Juan DeMarco: Original Motion...
- Got a girl with California eyes / And I thought that she could really be the one this time / But I never got the chance to make her mine / Because she fell in love with little thin white lines2017, Halsey, Ricky Reed, Justin Tranter, Rogét Chahayed, “Bad at Love”, in Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, performed by Halsey:
Forms of the one
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | the ones |
| Pronoun | |
| plural | the ones |
Questions about the one
- What does the one mean?
- The one means a particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- What is the one in Hindi?
- The one in Hindi is चुना हुआ (cunā huā), चुनी हुई (cunī huī). See The one meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use the one in a sentence?
- They, like me, believe him (Anakin Skywalker) to be The One.
- What part of speech is the one?
- The one can be a noun or a pronoun.
- What is the plural of the one?
- The plural of the one is the ones.
Words near the one in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: the one (page history and authors); the one (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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