number · A1

One

WUN/wʌn/

The number 1 is one. One brother / one o'clock / one more. A and an also mean “one,” but one stresses the number. Won is the past of win and sounds the same. First is the ordinal (1st).

Meaning

The number 1.

Examples

“I have one brother.”
“I only need one ticket.”
“One of the windows is open.”

Good to know

one + noun. Homophone: won (win). Ordinal: first.

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