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Meaning of the one | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
    colloquial
  2. A particular person destined to save the universe or world; the chosen one.
    colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.”
“That car's the one — I'll buy it.”
“I, I got a new life / You would hardly recognize me, I'm so glad / How could a person like me care for you / Why do I bother / When you're not the one for me / Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, is enough, enough”
“When you love a woman then tell her / That she's really wanted / When you love a woman then tell her that she's the one / 'Cause she needs somebody to tell her / That it's gonna last forever”
“Got a girl with California eyes / And I thought that she could really be the one this time / But I never got the chance to make her mine / Because she fell in love with little thin white lines”
“Jesus Christ is the One, the savior.”
“He (Neo) is the One.”
“They, like me, believe him (Anakin Skywalker) to be The One.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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