contraction
Meaning 1
Contraction of one + is.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Examples
- This one's for you.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
one's
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /wʌns/
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US: /wʌnz/
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rhymes with -ʌns
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rhymes with -ʌnz
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homophone: once
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homophone: ones
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/wʌnz/
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CMU ARPABET: W AH1 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
det
Meaning 2
Belonging to one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- One tries one's best.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Contraction of one + is, equivalent to one + 's.
From Middle English ones, equivalent to one + -'s.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: свой (svoj) — belonging to one
- Bulgarian: свой (svoj) — belonging to one
- Chinese Mandarin: 自己的 (zìjǐ de) — belonging to one
- Czech: svůj — belonging to one
- Dutch: zijn — belonging to one
- Esperanto: onia — belonging to one
- Finnish: -nsa — belonging to one
- Finnish: -nsä — belonging to one
- Finnish: -an — belonging to one
- Finnish: -än — belonging to one
- French: son — belonging to one
- French: sa — belonging to one
- French: ses — belonging to one
- Georgian: ვისიმე (visime) — belonging to one
- Georgian: ვისამე (visame) — belonging to one
- Georgian: ვინმესი (vinmesi) — belonging to one
- German: sein — belonging to one
- German: seine — belonging to one
- Hindi: अपना (apnā) — belonging to one
- Hungarian: -a — belonging to one
- Hungarian: -e — belonging to one
- Hungarian: -ja — belonging to one
- Hungarian: -je — belonging to one
- Italian: proprio — belonging to one
- Italian: suo — belonging to one
- Japanese: 自分の (jibun no) — belonging to one
- Korean: 자신의 (jasin-ui) — belonging to one
- Macedonian: свој (svoj) — belonging to one
- Malayalam: ഒരാളുടെ (orāḷuṭe) — belonging to one
- Polish: swój — belonging to one
- Portuguese: seu — belonging to one
- Portuguese: de alguém — belonging to one
- Romanian: său — belonging to one
- Romanian: sa — belonging to one
- Romanian: săi — belonging to one
- Romanian: sale — belonging to one
- Russian: свой (svoj) — belonging to one
- Russian: своя́ (svojá) — belonging to one
- Russian: своё (svojó) — belonging to one
- Russian: свои́ (svoí) — belonging to one
- Serbo-Croatian: свој — belonging to one
- Serbo-Croatian: svoj — belonging to one
- Slovak: svoj — belonging to one
- Slovene: svój — belonging to one
- Spanish: su — belonging to one
- Spanish: suyo — belonging to one
- Spanish: suya — belonging to one
- Spanish: sus — belonging to one
- Spanish: suyos — belonging to one
- Spanish: suyas — belonging to one
- Swedish: sin — belonging to one
- Swedish: sitt — belonging to one
- Swedish: sina — belonging to one
- Swedish: ens — belonging to one
- Tamil: தன் (taṉ) — belonging to one
- Ukrainian: свій (svij) — belonging to one
- Ukrainian: своя́ (svojá) — belonging to one
- Ukrainian: своє́ (svojé) — belonging to one
- Ukrainian: свої́ (svojí) — belonging to one
- Urdu: اپنا (apnā) — belonging to one
Real reading context