One vs It - What's the difference?
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(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the first number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. Ordinal: first.
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The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first'' or ''number one .
(lb) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
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The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
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*:Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
(lb) Any person (applying to people in general).
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
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*:With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one' only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow ' one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get.
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, title= (lb) Any person, entity or thing.
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(mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a .
The digit or figure 1.
(US) A one-dollar bill.
(cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
A joke or amusing anecdote.
* Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac?
(colloquial) 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.
* 1995 , (Bryan Adams),
(Internet slang, leet, sarcastic) Used instead of to amplify an exclamation, imitating unskilled users who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
* 2003' September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11'''one !!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, ''Usenet
* 2004' November 9, "AWK sound recorder!!!11!!11'''one ", in comp.lang.awk, ''Usenet
* 2007' December 1, "STANFORD!!1!!1!'''one'''!11!!1'''oneone !1!1!", in rec.sport.football.college, ''Usenet
Of a period of time, being particular; as, one morning, one year.
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Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
Sole, only.
Whole, entire.
In agreement.
The same.
Being a preeminent example.
Being an unknown person with the specified name.
(obsolete) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
* Chaucer
The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, to an inanimate thing with no or unknown sex or gender.
A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child of unknown gender.
* 1847 , Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre , Chapter IV:
Used to refer to oneself when identifying oneself, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object. (known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive)
All or the end; something after which there is no more.
(obsolete, relative) That which; what.
* 1643 , (Thomas Browne), Religio Medici , II.2:
One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
* 1995 , Neil Weiner, Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius, Shattered innocence (page 8)
* 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
* 2000 , Katherine T. Thomas, Amelia M. Lee, Jerry R. Thomas, Physical education for children (page 464)
(British, uncountable) The game of tag.
(colloquial) most fashionable.
* Vibe , Vol. 15, No. 9, p. 202, September 2007:
* David Germain,
(language) Italian.
Italy.
In context|colloquial|lang=en terms the difference between one and it
is that one is (colloquial) a particularly special or compatible person or thing while it is (colloquial) most fashionable.As pronouns the difference between one and it
is that one is (lb) one thing (among a group of others); one member of a group while it is the third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, to an inanimate thing with no or unknown sex or gender.As nouns the difference between one and it
is that one is (mathematics) the neutral element with respect to multiplication in a while it is one who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.As adjectives the difference between one and it
is that one is of a period of time, being particular; as, one morning, one year while it is (colloquial) most fashionable.As a numeral one
is (cardinal) a numerical value equal to ; the first number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the smallest nonempty set ordinal: first.As a verb one
is (obsolete|transitive) to cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.As an abbreviation it is
(language) italian.one
English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (both obsolete) * Arabic numeral: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numeral: INumeral
(head)- There is only one Earth.
- In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
- One''' person, '''one vote.
- Venters began to count them—one —two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
Synonyms
*See also
*Pronoun
(English Pronouns (possessive'' ''', ''plural'' ' ones )Heads designed for an essay on conversations
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Synonyms
* (unidentified person) you, they in nominative personal case.Derived terms
* oneness * oneselfNoun
(en noun)- 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 forever
- A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
- B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one'''!!'''one !!eleven!!1!
Synonyms
* unity * single * , elevenAdjective
(-)Derived terms
* all one * one and only * one-on-one * one or two * one-two * one-up * the oneVerb
(on)- The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to treasure of the world.
Statistics
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English
(wikipedia it)Alternative forms
* (dialectal) (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m) ( > English dialectal . More at (l).Alternative forms
* itt (obsolete)Pronoun
- Put it over there.
- Take each day as it comes.
- She took the baby and held it in her arms.
- A child cannot quarrel with its' elders, as I had done; cannot give ' its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given mine, without experiencing afterwards the pang of remorse and the chill of reaction.
- It' s me. John.
- It is nearly 10 o’clock.
- It ’s very cold today.
- It ’s lonely without you.
- It is easy to see how she would think that.
- I find it odd that you would say that.
- He saw to it that everyone would vote for him.
- Are there more students in this class, or is this it ?
- That's it —I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
- In briefe, I am content, and what should providence add more? Surely this is it wee call Happinesse, and this doe I enjoy [...].
Quotations
* (English Citations of "it")Derived terms
(Derived terms) * buy it * do it * for it * move it * that’s it * watch itSee also
* he * her * him * I * me * she * thee * them * they * thou * us * we * ye * youNoun
(en noun)- Too often, children become an "it " in their homes and their humanness is devalued.
- His master glanced up quickly, and removed the letter from his hands. "I'm surprised at you, James," he remarked severely. "A secretary should control itself. Don't forget that the perfect secretary is an it : an automatic machine—a thing incapable of feeling.…"
- In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it …
- When there are only two children left who haven't been tagged, I will stop the game, and we will start over with those children starting as the Its .
- Let's play it at breaktime.
Adjective
(-)- Going away for the weekend and feel the need to profile en route? This is the "it " bag.
Hilarious ‘Kick-Ass’ delivers bloody fun, Associated Press, 2010:
- With Hit Girl, Moretz is this year's It Girl, alternately sweet, savage and scary.