American English
/wənz/
One syllable.
Form of one
People or things already mentioned or clear from the situation, used instead of repeating a plural noun.
Practice out loudPeople or things already mentioned or clear from the situation, used instead of repeating a plural noun.
The ones on this shelf are too expensive.
I chose the red ones.
In this pronoun use, ones replaces a plural noun, not a singular noun.
Things that are marked with, represent, or have the value of 1, such as binary digits or one-dollar bills.
I have three ones and two fives.
Ones and zeros are the basis of binary code.
As a noun, ones can mean one-dollar bills or binary digits. This use is different from the pronoun in the ones on the table.
separately and in order, with only one person or thing at a time
The guests arrived one by one.
only one person or thing each time
Please enter one at a time.
each other
The teammates helped one another.
The form ones is used when this word replaces a plural noun. It is not used for the number 1.