1 definition by WuttsIt2U?
a single person or thing, viewed as taking the place of a group.
(One never knows, does one?)
You and they are also used in a similar way. However, one and you include the speaker in the generalisation One’s is a possessive determiner:
One’s health is much more important than having lots of money.
being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single:one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
being a person, thing, or individual instance or member of a number, kind, group, or category indicated:one member of the party.
Definition:
existing, acting, or considered as a single unit, entity, or individual.
of the same or having a single kind, nature, or condition:We belong to one team; We are of one resolve.
noting some indefinite day or time in the future:You will see him one day.
a certain (often used in naming a person otherwise unknown or undescribed):
(One never knows, does one?)
You and they are also used in a similar way. However, one and you include the speaker in the generalisation One’s is a possessive determiner:
One’s health is much more important than having lots of money.
being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single:one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
being a person, thing, or individual instance or member of a number, kind, group, or category indicated:one member of the party.
Definition:
existing, acting, or considered as a single unit, entity, or individual.
of the same or having a single kind, nature, or condition:We belong to one team; We are of one resolve.
noting some indefinite day or time in the future:You will see him one day.
a certain (often used in naming a person otherwise unknown or undescribed):
1. You could see which restaurants were rated the highest on Yelp, which ones certain reviewers liked, and so on.
I can't really blame the (ones) that step over the line once in a while.
You know, the ones out there.
I can't really blame the (ones) that step over the line once in a while.
You know, the ones out there.
by WuttsIt2U? October 12, 2017