Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one by one

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.05 in modern English

Syllables: one by one
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Individually in succession.

Example Sentences

"The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one."
"The walls are built up stone by stone / The fields divided one by one"
"All I want from tomorrow is just to get it better than today Step by step, one by one, higher and higher Step by step, one by one, climbing Jacob's ladder"

Phrases

one day at a time

Frequently Paired Words

one day at a time sequentially step by step by degrees continually in order in series in succession

Synonyms

one at a time one after the other by the piece individually separately singly severally on an individual basis

Questions

What does one by one mean?: Individually in succession.

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