one by one

O o

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wuhn bahy wuhn]
- /wʌn baɪ wʌn/
- /wʌn baɪ wʌn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wuhn bahy wuhn]
- /wʌn baɪ wʌn/

Definitions of one by one words

adjective one by one being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake. 1
adjective one by one being a person, thing, or individual instance or member of a number, kind, group, or category indicated: one member of the party. 1
adjective one by one existing, acting, or considered as a single unit, entity, or individual. 1
adjective one by one of the same or having a single kind, nature, or condition: We belong to one team; We are of one resolve. 1
adjective one by one noting some indefinite day or time in the future: You will see him one day. 1
adjective one by one a certain (often used in naming a person otherwise unknown or undescribed): One John Smith was chosen. 1

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Origin of one by one

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English oon, Old English ān; cognate with Dutch een, German ein, Gothic ains, Latin ūnus (OL oinos); akin to Greek oínē ace on a die

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Parts of speech for One by one

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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one by one popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for one by one

adv one by one

apiece — If people have a particular number of things apiece, they have that number each.
autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
distinctively — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
independently — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.

adj one by one

each — every one of two or more considered individually or one by one: each stone in a building; a hallway with a door at each end.

adverb one by one

disjointly — In a disjointed state.

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