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NUMBER ONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reference to yourself or myself etc.; 'take care of number one' means to put your own interests first
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("number one" is a kind of...):
self (a person considered as a unique individual)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The first element in a countable series
Example:
the first of the month
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("number one" is a kind of...):
no.; ordinal; ordinal number (the number designating place in an ordered sequence)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The first or highest in an ordering or series
Example:
He wanted to be the first
Synonyms:
first; number one
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("number one" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "number one"):
former (the first of two or the first mentioned of two)
Context examples:
Lie number one, said the old man; I never saw either of them until two months ago, and I have never been in Africa in my life, so you can put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Busybody Holmes!
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Inquiries about having a baby are my number one question coming from both men and women readers, and I am so happy to report that you have ideal conditions to soon have that little bundle of joy.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
