Antonyms for ones


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : wuhn
Phonetic Transcription : wÊŒn


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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