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Princeton's WordNet

  1. matchless, nonpareil, one(a), one and only(a), peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalledadjective

    eminent beyond or above comparison

    "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"

Wiktionary

  1. one and onlynoun

    only love, sole sweetheart.

  2. one and onlyadjective

    unique, one of a kind

ChatGPT

  1. one and only

    One and only refers to a single, unique instance, person or thing that is unparalleled or incomparable. It implies that there is no other like it, suggesting exclusivity and singularity.

Wikidata

  1. One and Only

    One and Only is the second studio album by CCM, Christian rock band Big Daddy Weave. This was their first release with a major label in Fervent Records. It was released on July 30, 2002. This album charted at No. 22 on the Billboard's Independent Albums chart on August 17, 2002.

Editors Contribution

  1. one and onlynoun

    One of a kind, or incomparable, or only begotten; the Greek word can refer to someone's only child Luke 7:12. It can also refers to someone's special child as in Hebrew 11:17.

    My only son is his mother's One and Only child.

    Etymology: Baby


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on September 19, 2023  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of one and only in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of one and only in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of one and only in a Sentence

  1. Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia:

    To say the truth, when he asked should I like to have it if he gave it to me, I at once said yes. You remember, I always wanted to have one, and only afterwards when we came home I thought that suddenly you might not like me having one. But I really was so pleased at the idea that I forgot about everything.

  2. Baba Faiz:

    To write is easy, while writing for publication seems a tough task to be performed well. Writing down the emotions that you truly feel beautifies the spirit of writing and enlightens the reader; on the contrary, overloading your thoughts with heavy words- having no senses at all but carrying multi-dimensional meanings with them- for the one and only sake of publication perishes the fabric of writing.

  3. Their Underwear:

    On stage, I talk about my boyfriend, and the two guys I dated, and my one and only one-night stand, and it sounds like 'This girl is a real Dumpster,' but really, over two years I slept with four people.

  4. Milton Friedman:

    There is one and only one social responsibility of business-to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.

  5. 1 John 49 NIV Bible:

    This is how God showed His love among us He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him.


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