Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)Only love, sole sweetheart.

    Will you be my one and only?

  2. The most talented or famous person (within in a specific context)

Examples

78 sentences
  1. One can only do one's best.

  2. This book is available at one shop only.

    ruЭту книгу можно купить только в одном магазине. — marafon

    deDieses Buch gibt es nur in einem Laden. — Kerstin

  3. This will be your one and only notice.

  4. This will be your one and only warning.

    ruЭто ваше первое и последнее предупреждение. — Wezel

  5. Tom told Mary she was his one and only.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: one and onlies
Singularone and only
Pluralone and onlies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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