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/uh; when stressed ey/US // ə; when stressed eɪ //UK // (ə, stressed or emphatic eɪ) //

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : not any particular or certain one of a class or group: a man; a chemical; a house.
    • : a certain; a particular: one at a time; two of a kind; A Miss Johnson called.
    • : another; one typically resembling: a Cicero in eloquence; a Jonah.
    • : one: a hundred men; a dozen times.
    • : indefinitely or nonspecifically: a great many years; a few stars.
    • : one: a yard of ribbon; a score of times.
    • : any; a single: not a one.

Synonyms & Antonyms

articlenot any particular or certain one of a class or group

Examples

  • A timeline for election officials put together by the Department of Homeland Security showed that the process for expanding mail-in voting should have begun in April.

  • A big question in public health law is how far an executive, such as a governor, can go without legislative approval.

  • A total of about 26 million doses of vaccine B would be available by the end of the year, most of them in December.

  • A number of recent polls at the state level have measured both the presidential election and Senate races.

  • A waiter touching a plate with a bare hand is indeed not ideal, which is why waiters are generally instructed to wear gloves.

  • ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • By the time it concluded with a sing-a-long of “XO,” Beyoncé had done the rare thing.

  • In another year, stories about the strange new face of an A-list actress might draw chortles and cackles.

  • Because Duck Dynasty receives monster TV ratings and Robertson paid by a company (A&E) while making these public statements.

  • Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.

  • He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!

  • All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.

  • Urinary sediments may be studied under three heads: A. Unorganized sediments.

  • I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.