Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ones

/wʌnz/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.07 in modern English

Syllables: ones
IPA: /wʌnz/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of one

noun

A senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team).

noun

The cells located on the ground floor.

British usage; Slang

pron

plural of one

pron

Obsolete form of one's.

Obsolete

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of one

Example Sentences

"Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze."
"Omnium rerum viciſſitudo eſt, ones falling, is anothers riſing,[…]"
"Not to leane unto ones own underſtanding: but in all ones wayes to acknowledge the Lord, and he will direct ones paths. Not to be wiſe in ones own eyes: but to feare the Lord, and to depart from evill. To bridle ones tongue:[…]"
"Pride and Roughneſs may turn ones Humour, but Flattery turns ones Stomach."

Usage

British usage
Slang
Obsolete

Phrases

on ones

Frequently Paired Words

twos threes fours fives 1s on ones

Rhymes With

runs guns sons tons one's tonnes suns nuns buns puns reruns stuns

Questions

How do you pronounce ones?: The recorded pronunciation is /wʌnz/.
What does ones mean?: plural of one

How to pronounce ones

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