one
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
How often you will meet it
Rank 39 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 735,147 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.349% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
pronoun
- used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
- a single member of a group already mentioned
one in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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This was the one point on which she had resisted him.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Followed by his sponsor he obeys and what happens at the room no one but the men of the society know.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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There he straightened up and brushed his earth-stained fingers across a dullred splotch on one cheek of his sullen set face.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1