wan aɪ eɪs nɒnpəˈɹeɪ(l) ˌnɑnpəˈɹɛl wʌn wan wʌn oʊn wʌn wan wʌn oʊn ˈsɪŋɡəl juːnɪt(ə)ɹi ˈjuːnɪtɪ ˈjunɪti eminent beyond or above comparison matchless beauty the team's nonpareil center fielder she's one girl in a million the one and only Muhammad Ali a peerless scholar infamy unmatched in the Western world wrote with unmatchable clarity unrivaled mastery of her art indefinite in time or position he will come one day one place or another being a single entity made by combining separate components three chemicals combining into one solution (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier that is one fine dog a right fine day of the same kind or quality two animals of one species used of a single unit or thing; not two or more ‘ane’ is Scottish having the indivisible character of a unit a unitary action spoke with one voice a single person or thing he is the best one this is the one I ordered the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it they had lunch at one