Meanings
- not comparableIndividually in succession.
The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one.
2 more examples
The walls are built up stone by stone / The fields divided one by one
1985, R.E.M., “Driver 8”, in Fables of the ReconstructionAll I want from tomorrow is just to get it better than today Step by step, one by one, higher and higher Step by step, one by one, climbing Jacob's ladder
1988, Bruce Hornsby, “Jacob's Ladder”, in Scenes From the Southside, performed by Bruce Hornsby and the RangeSynonyms: one at a time, one after the other
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIndividually in succession.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin succession
adverbone piece at a time
adverbapart from others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic بِالتَّرْتِيب, فَرْدًا فَرْدًا
- بِالتَّرْتِيب (bi-t-tartīb)individually
- فَرْدًا فَرْدًا (fardan fardan)individually
Bulgarian един по един
- един по един (edin po edin)individually
Chinese Mandarin 逐一, 逐個 /逐个
- 逐一 (zhúyī)individually
- 逐個 /逐个 (zhúgè)individually
- 挨次 (āicì)individually
- 紛紛 /纷纷 (fēnfēn)individually
- 依次 (yīcì)individually
Dutch een voor een
- een voor eenindividually
Esperanto laŭvice
- laŭviceindividually
Finnish yksitellen
- yksitellenindividually
French un par un, un à un
- un par unindividually
- un à unindividually
German der Reihe nach, einer nach dem anderen
- der Reihe nachindividually
- einer nach dem anderenindividually
- eine nach dem anderenindividually
- eins nach dem anderenindividually
- eines nach dem anderenindividually
- nacheinanderindividually
- Stück für Stückindividually
Hindi एक एक करके
- एक एक करके (ek ek karake)individually
Hungarian egyik a másik után, egytől egyig
- egyik a másik utánindividually
- egytől egyigindividually
- egyenkéntindividually
Irish as éadan a chéile
- as éadan a chéileindividually
Italian uno per uno
- uno per unoindividually
Japanese 一つずつ
- 一つずつ (hitotsuzutsu)individually
Korean 하나씩
- 하나씩 (hanassik)individually
Latin singillātim
- singillātimindividually
Persian یکی یکی, یکبهیک
- یکی یکی (yeki yeki)individually
- یکبهیک (yek-be-yek)individually
Polish jeden po drugim, jeden za drugim
- jeden po drugimindividually
- jeden za drugimindividually
Portuguese um por um
- um por umindividually
Russian оди́н за други́м, по одному́
- оди́н за други́м (odín za drugím)individually
- по одному́ (po odnomú)individually
Scottish Gaelic fear mu seach, tè mu seach
- fear mu seachindividually
- tè mu seachindividually
Spanish uno por uno
- uno por unoindividually
Swedish den ena efter den andra, en efter en
- den ena efter den andraindividually
- en efter enindividually
- en och enindividually
Turkish birer birer, teker teker
- birer birerindividually
- teker tekerindividually
Vietnamese lần lượt
- lần lượtindividually
Yiddish איינציקווײַז
- איינציקווײַז (eyntsikvayz)individually
Cite this entry
one by one. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20by%20one
“one by one.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20by%20one. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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