ones

ones · pronoun

imported

Definitions

pronoun

  1. 1.

    Used to refer to people or things already mentioned or known.

  2. 2.

    Particular persons or things among several.

  3. 3.

    Used with adjectives to denote people or things of a particular type.

Related words

See also: one, these, those
Synonyms: those

Etymology

Plural form of one, from Old English ān meaning "one, single." The use of ones as a substitute noun (to avoid repetition) developed in Middle English.