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English noun: number one

1. number one (person) a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first


Broader (hypernym)self


Domain usagecolloquialism

2. number one the first or highest in an ordering or series


SamplesHe wanted to be the first.


Synonymsfirst


Broader (hypernym)rank


Narrower (hyponym)former

3. number one (quantity) the first element in a countable series


SamplesThe first of the month.


Synonymsfirst, number 1


Broader (hypernym)no., ordinal, ordinal number









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