one
pronoun (COMPARISON) /wʌn/Definition
› used to talk about one person or thing compared with other similar or related people or things: They look so similar it's often difficult to distinguish one from the other. You may have one or the other, but not both. Crime and freedom are inseparable. You can't have one without the other.Comparing and contrasting
(Definition of one pronoun (COMPARISON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- against preposition (TOUCHING)
- analogy noun
- antithesis noun
- as against idiom
- balance sth against sth phrasal verb
- benchmark verb
- comparative adjective (EXAMINING DIFFERENCES)
- compare verb (CONSIDER SIMILARITIES)
- comparison noun (CONSIDERING SIMILARITIES)
- comparison noun (EXAMINING DIFFERENCES)
- competitive adjective
- contrast verb
- for preposition (COMPARING)
- gold standard noun (GOOD THING)
- perspective noun (THOUGHT)
- relative adjective (COMPARING)
- relatively adverb
- simile noun
- stack up phrasal verb
- with preposition (COMPARISON)
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