Antonyms for ones

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : wuhn

Phonetic Transcription : wʌn

Definition of ones

Origin : c.1200, from Old English an (adjective, pronoun, noun) "one," from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (cf. Old Norse einn, Danish een, Old Frisian an, Dutch een, German ein, Gothic ains), from PIE *oi-no- "one, unique" (cf. Greek oinos "ace (on dice);" Latin unus "one;" Old Persian aivam; Old Church Slavonic -inu, ino-; Lithuanian vienas; Old Irish oin; Breton un "one").
Originally pronounced as it still is in only, and in dialectal good 'un, young 'un, etc.; the now-standard pronunciation "wun" began c.14c. in southwest and west England (Tyndale, a Gloucester man, spells it won in his Bible translation), and it began to be general 18c. Use as indefinite pronoun influenced by unrelated French on and Latin homo.
One and only "sweetheart" is from 1906. One of those things "unpredictable occurrence" is from 1934. Slang one-arm bandit "a type of slot machine" is recorded by 1938. One-night stand is 1880 in performance sense; 1963 in sexual sense. One of the boys "ordinary amiable fellow" is from 1893. One-track mind is from 1927. Drinking expression one for the road is from 1950 (as a song title).

As in somebody : noun person of fame, importance
As in unit : noun whole
As in monad : noun single entity
As in anybody : noun one, some unspecified person or people
As in anyone : noun one, some unspecified person
As in marry : verb become husband and wife in legal ceremony

Example sentences :

Tell me about the women you have known, your friends, the ones you liked and the ones who liked you.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

"Cornelia and Marilla Merritt are just the ones," she said, succinctly.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

So's we can have some of our dear ones come to us from distant lands in the morning.
Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 6. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

None of the letters was found opened; which ones were missing tie couldn't say.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

They, of course, are not like the ones you use, but I always do my best.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Those hollyhocks—the ones at the Vicarage at home are just like them.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

She dipped her face in the fresh pure whiteness of the ones he had laid on her knee.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Why should we trouble about the last act, while the first ones are going on well.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

There are some other lots, but we will not offer them until we see how the present ones go off.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 » by Various

Now there are but two peaches left; yet I cannot tell which ones among you are the worthiest.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Synonyms for ones

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