one's

/wʌnz/US/wʌns/

determiner

Belonging to one.

“This one's for you.”

Meanings

one's1

determiner

alternative obsolete ones

  1. Belonging to one.

    One tries one's best.

one's2

contraction

alternative obsolete ones

  1. abbreviationcontractionContraction of one + is.

    This one's for you.

Origin

one's · determiner

  1. Middle Englishones
  2. Englishone's

From Middle English ones, equivalent to one + -'s.

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one's · contraction

Contraction of one + is, equivalent to one + 's.

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Translations

Bulgarian свой
  • свой (svoj)belonging to one
Chinese Mandarin 自己的
  • 自己的 (zìjǐ de)belonging to one
Czech svůj
  • svůjbelonging to one
Dutch zijn
  • zijnbelonging to one
Esperanto onia
  • oniabelonging to one
Finnish -nsa, -nsä
  • -nsabelonging to one
  • -nsäbelonging to one
  • -anbelonging to one
  • -änbelonging to one
French son, sa
  • sonbelonging to one
  • sabelonging to one
  • sesbelonging to one
German sein, seine
  • seinbelonging to one
  • seinebelonging to one
Hindi अपना
  • अपना (apnā)belonging to one
Hungarian -a, -e
  • -abelonging to one
  • -ebelonging to one
  • -jabelonging to one
  • -jebelonging to one
Italian proprio, suo
  • propriobelonging to one
  • suobelonging to one
Japanese 自分の
  • 自分の (jibun no)belonging to one
Korean 자신의
  • 자신의 (jasin-ui)belonging to one
Polish swój
  • swójbelonging to one
Portuguese seu, de alguém
  • seubelonging to one
  • de alguémbelonging to one
Romanian său, sa
  • săubelonging to one
  • sabelonging to one
  • săibelonging to one
  • salebelonging to one
Russian свой, своя́
  • свой (svoj)belonging to one
  • своя́ (svojá)belonging to one
  • своё (svojó)belonging to one
  • свои́ (svoí)belonging to one
Slovak svoj
  • svojbelonging to one
Spanish su, suyo
  • subelonging to one
  • suyobelonging to one
  • suyabelonging to one
  • susbelonging to one
  • suyosbelonging to one
  • suyasbelonging to one
Swedish sin, sitt
  • sinbelonging to one
  • sittbelonging to one
  • sinabelonging to one
  • ensbelonging to one
Tamil தன்
  • தன் (taṉ)belonging to one
Ukrainian свій, своя́
  • свій (svij)belonging to one
  • своя́ (svojá)belonging to one
  • своє́ (svojé)belonging to one
  • свої́ (svojí)belonging to one
Urdu اپنا
  • اپنا (apnā)belonging to one

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

one's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one's

MLA

“one's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one's. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one's,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one's.

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