Meanings
determiner
- A small number of.
I have one or two things that I need to do.
1 more example
Harold Lloyd had had one or two minor comic brushes with railway trains, but the first man to produce real comedy from locomotives was the great poker-faced clown, Buster Keaton.
1958 February 28, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, pages 87-88Synonyms: a couple of, a few, some
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Dutch een of twee
- een of tweea small number of
French deux ou trois, un ou deux
- deux ou troisa small number of
- un ou deuxa small number of
Korean 한두, 일이
- 한두 (handu)a small number of
- 일이 (iri)a small number of
Russian оди́н и́ли два
- оди́н и́ли два (odín íli dva)a small number of
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“one or two.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20or%20two. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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