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Number one
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- 1 First; foremost; best, often used after its headword. idiomatic, not-comparable
"Commuting to work is the number one reason to own a car."
- 2 Black, African-American. US, not-comparable, slang
- 1 A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- 1 The most important person, the one who is in charge.
- 2 a reference to yourself or myself etc.; ‘take care of number one’ means to put your own interests first wordnet
- 3 Someone who is top of a ranking, who is ranked first.
"The phone rings, in the middle of the night / My father yells "what you gonna do with your life" / Oh, daddy, dear, you know you're still number one / But girls, they wanna have fun / Oh, girls just wanna have..."
- 4 the first element in a countable series wordnet
- 5 Oneself, being considered foremost, as by an egoist.
"No man should have more than two attachments—the first, to number one, and the second to the ladies; that's what I say—ha! ha!"
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- 6 the first or highest in an ordering or series wordnet
- 7 Urine; urination. childish, euphemistic
"He might have got up, without the bell's sounding, to do his number one, or number two, in his great big white chamber-pot."
- 8 The single that has sold the most in a given period.
- 9 The main goalkeeper of a team, so-called because they wear the number 1 on the back of their kit.
"England number one Hart produced a magnificent moment to deny Van Persie once more just after the hour mark, leaping across his goal to fingertip the Dutchman's crashing 25-yard, top corner-bound drive away."
- 10 The batsman who opens the batting.
- 11 A first lieutenant.
- 12 A large town where theatrical performances may expect to achieve success.
- 13 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number, one.
Etymology
Piecewise doublet of numero uno.
Piecewise doublet of numero uno.
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