one

The word “one” means the number 1; the first positive whole number. In plain terms, the number 1, or a way of referring to an unspecified person ("one must try").

“One” is pronounced wuhn (/wʌn/ in IPA).

Here is “one” used in a sentence: “She only needed one more point to win the game.”

Words with a similar meaning to “one” include yan, yen, you and they.

Depending on how it is used, “one” can be a num, a pronoun and an adjective.

The word “one” comes from Old English. From Old English an, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "single.".

“One” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“One” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: the number 1; the first positive whole number.

No. A prime number has exactly two distinct divisors — 1 and itself. One has only a single divisor, so it counts as neither prime nor composite. Mathematicians exclude it deliberately, largely so that every whole number has one unique prime factorization.

Yes, one is a natural number — a positive whole number used for counting. It is the smallest positive integer and the first counting number. Whether zero also counts as natural depends on the convention you follow, but one is always included.

They are homophones — pronounced the same but different in meaning and spelling. 'One' is the number 1 or a pronoun, as in 'the blue one.' 'Won' is the past tense of 'win,' as in 'she won the race.' Only the numeral sense belongs to this entry.

Yes, one is an odd number — it cannot be divided by two without leaving a remainder. In fact it is the first and smallest positive odd number, sitting right before three in the sequence of odd integers.