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A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
A particular person destined to save the universe or world; the chosen one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Examples
- Jesus Christ is the One, the savior.
- He (Neo) is the One.
- They, like me, believe him (Anakin Skywalker) to be The One.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The person or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Here is the one I want to buy.
- In formal contexts, we can use 'that' and 'those' as substitutes meaning ‘the one(s)’.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Polish:
ten jedyny
— particularly special or compatible person or thing
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Arabic:
الْمُخْتَار
(al-muḵtār)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Arabic:
الْمُخْتَارَة
(al-muḵtāra)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Catalan:
l'elegit
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Catalan:
l'elegida
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Dutch:
de ware
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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French:
l'élu
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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French:
l'élue
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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German:
der/die Auserwählte
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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German:
der/die Auserkorene
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Greek:
εκλεκτός
(eklektós)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Greek:
εκλεκτή
(eklektí)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Hebrew:
הנבחר
(ha-nivchár)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Hebrew:
הנבחרה
(ha-nivchará)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Hindi:
चुना हुआ
(cunā huā)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Hindi:
चुनी हुई
(cunī huī)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Italian:
quello scelto
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Italian:
quella scelta
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Italian:
il prescelto
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Italian:
la prescelta
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Japanese:
選ばれし者
(erabareshi mono)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Korean:
선택된 자
(seontaekdoen ja)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Portuguese:
o escolhido
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Portuguese:
a escolhida
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Russian:
избранный
(izbrannyj)
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Spanish:
el elegido
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Spanish:
la elegida
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Swedish:
den utvalde
— person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One
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Danish:
den
— the person or thing
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Danish:
det
— the person or thing
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French:
celui
— the person or thing
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French:
celle
— the person or thing
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French:
cellui
— the person or thing
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Portuguese:
o
— the person or thing
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Portuguese:
a
— the person or thing
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Welsh:
yr un
— the person or thing
