the one
pron1
The person or thing.
- Here is the one I want to buy.
- In formal contexts, we can use 'that' and 'those' as substitutes meaning ‘the one(s)’.
- Related terms
- this one
the one
noun1
Colloquial A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- 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.
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- I, I got a new life / You would hardly recognize me, I'm so glad / How could a person like me care for you / Why do I bother / When you're not the one for me / Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, is enough, enough1993, Jonas Berggren, “The Sign”, in The Sign, performed by Ace of Base:
- When you love a woman then tell her / That she's really wanted / When you love a woman then tell her that she's the one / 'Cause she needs somebody to tell her / That it's gonna last forever1995, Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”, in Don Juan DeMarco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, performed by Bryan Adams:
- Got a girl with California eyes / And I thought that she could really be the one this time / But I never got the chance to make her mine / Because she fell in love with little thin white lines2017, Halsey, Ricky Reed, Justin Tranter, Rogét Chahayed, “Bad at Love”, in Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, performed by Halsey:
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Colloquial A particular person destined to save the universe or world; the chosen one.
- Jesus Christ is the One, the savior.
- He (Neo) is the One.
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- They, like me, believe him (Anakin Skywalker) to be The One.