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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is first in rank, order, or importance.
- noun Slang One's own interests; oneself.
- noun The act of urinating.
- noun Urine.
- adjective First in rank, order, or importance.
- adjective Foremost in quality; first-rate.
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- adjective idiomatic
First ;foremost ;best . - noun the most important person, the one who is
in charge - noun someone who is top of a
ranking , who is ranked first. - noun
oneself , being considered foremost, as by anegoist - noun
Urine ;urination . - noun music the
single that has sold the most in a given period. - noun soccer The main
goalkeeper of a team, so-called because they wear the number 1 on the back of their kit. - noun cricket The
batsman who opens the batting. - noun Used other than as an idiom: see
number ,one .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first
- noun the first element in a countable series
- noun the first or highest in an ordering or series
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