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Definitions of one's word

adjective one's possessive 1
determiner one's Speakers and writers use one's to indicate that something belongs or relates to people in general, or to themselves in particular. 0
noun one's One's can be used as a spoken form of 'one is' or 'one has', especially when 'has' is an auxiliary verb. 0
adjective one's a third-person singular possessive corresponding to one 0
contraction one's one is 0
contraction one's one has 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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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