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English
Pronunciation
Noun
ones
- plural of one
Noun
ones pl (plural only)
- (sports) A senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team).
- (UK, prison slang) The cells located on the ground floor.
- Coordinate terms: twos, threes, fours, fives
Pronoun
ones
- plural of one
- Obsolete form of one's.
1648, A VVay unto True Christian Unitie: The Worship of God in Spirit and in Truth: , London: John Legatt, , page 43:Not to leane unto ones own underſtanding: but in all ones wayes to acknowledge the Lord, and he will direct ones paths. Not to be wiſe in ones own eyes: but to feare the Lord, and to depart from evill. To bridle ones tongue: […]
a. 1700, William Temple, “Heads, Designed for an Essay on Conversation”, in Miscellanea. The Third Part. , London: Jonathan Swift, Benjamin Tooke, , published 1701, →OCLC, page 327:Pride and Roughneſs may turn ones Humour, but Flattery turns ones Stomach.
See also
Anagrams
- ENSO, Enos, NEOs, Neso, SONE, Sone, eons, neos, noes, nose, sone
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
ones
- plural of ona
Middle English
Alternative forms
- once, onis, onies, ons, onys, onyes
- anes, ans, anis, anys (northern)
- anes (Early Middle English)
- wons, wones, ȝons (Late Middle English)
Etymology
From Old English ānes, a modification of ǣnes (“once”) after ān (“one”, Middle English oon). Compare enes (“once”), from the unmodified Old English form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔːn(ə)s/, /ˈɔn(ə)s/
Adverb
ones
- once (one time)
- Synonyms: ene, enes
- At any time, ever:
- once (formerly)
- Synonym: enes
- one day (in the future)
Descendants
References
Volapük
Pronoun
ones
- dative plural of on