Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic, not comparable)First; foremost; best, often used after its headword.

    Commuting to work is the number one reason to own a car.

    He is my enemy number one.

  2. (US, not comparable, slang)Black, African-American.

Examples

86 sentences

  1. I was number one for a long time.

    deIch war lange Zeit die Nummer Eins. — Waldelfe

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  2. Tom was number one.

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  3. Tom is number one.

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  4. That's the number one priority.

    ruЭто главный приоритет. — odexed

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  5. That's our number one priority.

    ruЭто наш первейший приоритет. — marafon

    deDas hat die höchste Priorität. — dispy

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Piecewise doublet of numero uno.

Piecewise doublet of numero uno.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
numbC1numberA1numbnessnumeralnumericalB2

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