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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

one-to-one en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Matching each member of one set with exactly one member of another set.
    • There is a one-to-one relationship between days with large cash shortages and his workdays.
  2. (UK) Involving direct communication between two people.
    • a one-to-one discussion
    • a one-to-one teaching session
  3. (of a function) Injective, being an injection: having the property that no two elements of the domain are mapped to the same image.

Forms

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most one-to-one Degree=Sup lexicographic
more one-to-one Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Coordinates

many-to-many · onto · one-to-many · many-to-one

Relateds

peer-to-peer · man-to-man · face-to-face

Synonyms

one-on-one (involving direct communication)

Translations (15)

es biunívoco (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · ca bijectiu (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · it biiettivo (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · tl isa-sa-isa (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · cmn 一對一 /一对一 (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · es uno a uno (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · nb en-til-en (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · pl odpowiedni (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · fr biunivoque (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · es biyectivo (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · bg биективен (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · ru оди́н к одному (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · pt bijetor (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · fi yhdestä yhteen (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) · ca biunívoc (matching each member of one set with one member of another set)

one-to-one en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. A personal relationship between two people.
  2. A direct match or equivalent.
    • And though [Jesse] Armstrong[…] continues his avoidance of easy one-to-ones, there’s more than a whiff of Elon Musk to Venis […]. 2025 June 2, Adrian Horton, “Tech-bro satire Mountainhead is an insufferable disappointment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

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one-to-ones Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

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