ones
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
An inflected form of one · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,082 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,921 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number also: 1, I, ace, single, unity he has the one but will need a two and three to go with itthey had lunch at one
- a single person or thing he is the best onethis is the one I ordered
ones 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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Younger ones would consider it allowable in certain cases.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Though she would not have stupid people about her, she did not always want very clever ones.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Your pet fast bumpy ones, wide of the wicket, Perhaps look showy, but they are not Cricket.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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After dinner, while the older people conversed together in the parlors, the younger ones wandered at will through the house.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1
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On Christmas eve they sat over the stove, after the little ones had gone to bed, and discussed the situation.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1