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the ones

the ones is the plural of the one.

Meaning of the one

Pronoun

the one

  1. The person or thing.
    • Here is the one I want to buy.

See all 3 meanings of the one

Questions about the ones

What is the ones the plural of?
The ones is the plural of the one.

Words near the ones in the dictionary

  1. the old woman is plucking her goose
  2. the oldest trick in the book
  3. The Olgas
  4. the one
  5. the one that got away
  6. the ones
  7. the organ grinder, not the monkey
  8. the organ grinders, not the monkeys
  9. the organ-grinder, not the monkey
  10. the other body
  11. the other day

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Adapted from Wiktionary: the ones (page history and authors); the one (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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