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the one

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • I, I got a new life / You would hardly recognize me, I'm so glad / How could a person like me care for you / Why do I bother / When you're not the one for me / Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, is enough, enough

  2. The person or thing.

    • Here is the one I want to buy.
    • In formal contexts, we can use 'that' and 'those' as substitutes meaning ‘the one(s)’.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA